The prime contractor for a large nuclear waste cleanup at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Hanford site in Washington has agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law linked to small business subcontracts, the U.S. Justice Dept. said June 7.
Two other Hanford firms agreed last year to pay $2.3 million to settle the claim, bringing the total payment to $5.5 million, part of which will go to whistleblowers.