Report: Safety not 'core value' at NIST : Science and Environment : Boulder Daily Camera - 0 views
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Energy Net on 11 Nov 08The National Institute of Standards and Technology doesn't put a priority on safety and doesn't give researchers and scientists the tools they need to be safe, according to a report released Friday by a blue-ribbon commission charged with analyzing the adequacy of NIST's safety programs. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez formed the commission in August after a plutonium spill June 9 on Boulder's NIST campus. The commission's report said the staff at NIST "is eager, willing and ready to embrace a safety culture," but that it needs leadership to make that happen.