Lawsuit claims industrial hygiene techs at nuclear site weren't qualified
A lawsuit working its way through the federal court system claims that a contractor allowed inexperienced and unqualified industrial hygiene technicians (IHTs) to work at a hazardous nuclear materials site.
News sources say lawsuit was filed by Kevin Newcomb, an IHT who worked at “tank farms” at the now-decommissioned Hanford nuclear production complex in Washington State for more than two decades. Newcomb alleges that his employer, contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), systematically defrauded the United States by: