Accident Report: The blunders, mistakes, and near-misses at the DOE’s Savannah River Site

October 12th, 2010 | Environment | | Leave a comment



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Contractors Fined At Savannah River Site For Safety Voilations

October 12th, 2010 | Environment | | Leave a comment

 DOE is withholding over $3 million from two contractors whose employees were burned in an electrical accident, an acid spill and a finger destroying crane incident. These accidents were from 2009 and do not include the recent plutonium exposure case for last June.

Rob Pavey of the Augustra Chronicle reports that Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and Parsons Innovations and Technology Group are the accident prone contractors at the Savannah River Site finally got the attention of the Department of Energy.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-10-09/safety-violations-cost-srs-contractors

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NYT: Afghans Linked to the Taliban Guard U.S. Bases

October 8th, 2010 | National Security | | Leave a comment

Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to guard American military bases in Afghanistan, exposing United States soldiers to surprise attack and confounding the fight against insurgents, according to a Senate investigation.

Source: NYT

Army Times: Army ‘Kill Team’ Member: ‘We All Said Yes’ to Slaying Afghan Civilian

October 5th, 2010 | National Security | | Leave a comment

In the latest video to emerge from the Army’s investigation into a rogue “Kill Team” in Afghanistan, Specialist Adam Winfield, one of the five soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division charged with murdering Afghan civilians, tells an investigator how he took part in an execution in a Kandahar village.

Read More http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/#ixzz11V8gJdpl

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