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Survey probes Hanford worker dynamic

By Nicholas Geranios
Published June 24, 2014 8:13pm ET
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Survey probes Hanford worker dynamic
FILE - In this July 14, 2010 file photo, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation stand near a tank farm where highly radioactive waste is stored underground near Richland, Wash. Few of the U.S. Department of Energy workers who are helping build the plant feel they can openly challenge decisions made by management, according to a report obtained Tuesday, June 24, 2014, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny, File) | Shannon Dininny

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Few of the U.S. Department of Energy workers who are helping build a plant to treat the most dangerous radioactive wastes at a nuclear site in Washington state feel they can openly challenge management decisions, according to a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The survey conducted by the Energy Department shows only 30 percent of the agency’s employees at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation feel they can question their bosses.

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