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Article

30 May 2003

Author:
Nancy Zuckerbrod, Associated Press

Justice [U.S. Justice Dept.] Backs [Lockheed Martin Energy Systems] Plant Workers in Lawsuit

The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit that alleges a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp. illegally stored and disposed of radioactive and hazardous waste and defrauded the government while the company was a contractor at a nuclear facility in Paducah, Ky...The suit accuses the company of violating environmental laws by dumping radioactive waste and hazardous materials in landfills at the plant and nearby.