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Asked about the report and about progress toward resolution of the longstanding problems facing the WTP project at last week's meeting of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Energy Department representatives said they had imposed stricter oversight of contractors, and made a concentrated effort to assure workers they can report problems without retribution.

Tamosaitis' firing spurred a congressional hearing in 2014, and a letter he wrote to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board soon after his safety worries were ignored triggered an inquiry.

The safety board's chair at the time, Peter Winokur, wrote to Chu that it uncovered a broken safety culture at Hanford.

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