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Hanford Whistleblower Gets $4.1 Million In Settlement Deal

NWNews | By Anna King,
Anna King
Published August 13, 2015 at 8:32 AM MDT
File photo. Walter Tamosaitis will receive $4.1 million in a settlement deal with his former employer URS.
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File photo. Walter Tamosaitis will receive $4.1 million in a settlement deal with his former employer URS.

Walter Tamosaitis, a high-level whistleblower at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, settled Wednesday with his former employer federal contractor URS.

Tamosaitis will receive $4.1 million in the settlement.

Tamosaitis was removed from his position as a research and technology manager on the major waste treatment plant being built at Hanford. The plant is meant to bind up radioactive sludge into glass logs for long-term safe storage.

Tamosaitis was terminated after he raised safety concerns.

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Anna King
Anna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for the Northwest News Network from a studio at Washington State University, Triââ
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Anna King
Anna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for the Northwest News Network from a studio at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. She covers the Mid-Columbia region, from nuclear reactors to Mexican rodeos.

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