PADUCAH, Ky. -- The company that operates Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant has settled a dispute with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission over concealed damage to a valve on an empty uranium cylinder.
The NRC confirmed the settlement, along with two others with USEC Inc., in letters Aug. 13.
The Paducah Sun reports that USEC requested mediation in each case and that NRC as a result said it wouldn’t propose a civil penalty, issue a notice of violation or take other enforcement action.
The newspaper says the Paducah dispute involved employees who falsified records and concealed damage to the valve on a cylinder that they were moving in January 2008. The Sun says USEC severely disciplined two operators and a trainee for initially concealing and later telling a manager about the cylinder damage.
http://www.wlky.com/news/20474881/detail.html
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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