Hanford Reach National Monument Advisory board knocks Fluor for 1st year flaws This story was published on Oct. 8, 1997. As Fluor Daniel reaches its one-year mark in charge of Hanford, an advisory board committee said the company hasn't done a good job communicating with the public and its workers. On Tuesday, the Hanford Advisory Board's finance committee expressed its concerns with how Fluor and the Department of Energy have overseen work at Hanford.
Employee morale is low.
A new lead contractor needs about two years to settle in at Hanford. DOE shares much of the blame for Fluor's rocky first year. Fluor and DOE are reviewing how well Hanford's new management structure and Fluor's 13-company team have worked during their first year, which ended Sept. 30. DOE is conducting its own review, which Bob Rosselli, DOE assistant manager for science and technology at Hanford, described as a check to ensure Fluor's self-assessment is valid. DOE will collect some information independently of Fluor's self-review, examine the credibility of Fluor's information and evaluate Fluor's results, said Rosselli and Linda Bauer, DOE's assistant manager for environmental restoration at Hanford.