In the first quarter of this year WTP says it handled 14% of the 16, 650 Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed in California's central district (including its home in Santa Barbara)--the nation's highest-volume bankruptcy district.
In the Aug. 23 memo, the DOE official responsible for supervising engineering at the facility, Gary Brunson, calls for Bechtel to be immediately removed as the design agent for the novel Waste Treatment Plant (WTP), which was supposed to begin operation last year.