Contractor will pay $5M to settle fraud allegations at Hanford nuclear site

A Hanford contractor has agreed to pay roughly $5 million in a settlement over the company charging the U.S Department of Energy for hours not actually worked during the past 10 years.

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions must pay the feds roughly $3.45 million — including $1.73 million in restitution to the Energy Department — while paying another almost $1.5 million to whistleblower Bradley Keever and his attorneys. The settlement was announced this week.

The absence of work and false labor costs began in 2016 under Mission Support Alliance, which handled building maintenance across the 580-square-mile nuclear cleanup site.

These practices continued when Hanford Mission Integration Solutions took over Mission Support Alliance’s contract. Both companies are subsidiaries of other corporations, which were also named as defendants.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/contractor-will-pay-5m-to-settle-fraud-allegations-at-hanford-nuclear-site/