Law360, New York (September 16, 2010, 6:25 PM ET) -- Savannah River Remediation LLC's cleanup of radioactive waste tanks in South Carolina will take longer and cost 44 percent more than the $3.2 billion originally estimated in its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, Congress' investigative arm has said.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report Tuesday that said the cost increase resulted from the DOE submitting a cost estimate in its September 2007 request for proposals that was neither comprehensive nor accurate.
The GAO also blamed construction delays on bad scheduling practices....
SC River Cleanup To Exceed Contract Costs, GAO Says
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