Watchdog slams nuclear cleanup contract that cost public £122m
by Rajeev Syal from Environment | The Guardian on (#34P8B)
Contract to dispose of material from 12 sites went 'wrong on a fundamental level' and led to multimillion pound payouts
The government agency responsible for mishandling a major nuclear cleanup contract - costing the state more than 122m - has been severely criticised by Whitehall's spending watchdog.
A National Audit Office inquiry into a bungled 6.2bn contract to dispose of material from 12 different nuclear sites has questioned whether the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is capable of understanding procurement rules.