Bundt or basic? It may seem like a stupid question, but we're not all Martha Stewarts in the kitchen. In fact, most people probably don't own a Bundt pan or even know what it looks like.
Decommissioning costs-the funds needed when a reactor is shut down and the site needs to be dismantled, removed and cleaned up-are sky-rocketing. Worse, many utilities have invested these funds in the now troubled stockmarket, meaning decommissioning funds may not be available when needed.
This does not mean that federal contractors get security clearances for free. They incur costs associated with the time required to process and maintain security clearances. The cost of these activities is largely unknown, but it can easily equal or exceed the average cost of an OPM investigation. Based on the number and type of each investigation, the weighted average cost is about $1230 per investigation. The total cost of a security clearance includes the investigation, adjudication, and ...