The truth about Bechtel

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The Bechtel Cooperation is one of the biggest engineering construction companies in America. The Bechtel Company built half of the nuclear power plants around the world. This is a very famous and popular company that is constantly booked for new projects in other nations. Bechtel is a private company and therefore, does not have to disclose its profits.

 

Since the company has been started, many have claimed that the company uses false methods to receive their profits. They are blamed for using the influence of friends, decreasing workers rights and using 3^rd world military solutions to solve problems with local people who disagree with their projects.

 

The Bechtel Company also has a close connection with the CIA and with the Agency for International Development. As for example, the company received 4.3 million dollars from the International Development Agency to help countries as Morocco, Costa Rica and Jamaica to modernize.

 

Bechtel particularly gained support from Ronald Reagan, when he was governor of California. Reagan increased electricity rates and hired Bechtel to built other nuclear power plants. However, Bechtel also gained support from Dwight Eisenhower, George Bush, George Shultz and McCone (Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission).

 

The Bechtel Company built a U.S. airforce base in South Vietnam, although local people protested that it should not be built. Today, the fishermen complain because of toxic wastes.

 

The Bechtel Company constructed the first privately owned fuel reprocessing plant in New York. However, six years later it had to be closed down. The result of the plant was that 600,000 gallons of radioactive wastes were buried in the ground and 163 tons of irradiated fuel was left behind.

 

In addition, Bechtel persuaded the American government that nuclear energy is the most powerful source of the future. This caused the government to invest in nuclear energy sources, rather then in projects involving around new energy sources.

 

During the partnership between Bechtel and WMC, 800 workers were sponsored from Bechtel to work in the Roxby Company. Nevertheless, now the workers are on strike fighting for new and better working conditions. This uprising began after a group of workers became ill due to a sulphuric acid leak.

 

This company gains a great income due to their powerful connections in nations. They do not regard what would be best for the population or the environment. For their own benefit they are willing to destroy the environment and go against human rights.