Richard Parks, an engineer with Bechtel Corp. blows the whistle on the cleanup of a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island – the worst nuclear power plant accident in American history. Parks noted Bechtel and their hiring company, General Public Utilities, were rushing the cleanup by ignoring regulations set forth by the Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC). Funds were supplied to Bechtel for each cleanup task, but only after completion of the previous tasks, incentivizing them to cut corners and rush their work. After blowing the whistle, Parks was relocated and then fired. After the conclusion of drawn out legal proceedings, Parks’ disclosures led the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt and then revamp the entire cleanup process at Three Mile Island.
