Here’s one for the books:
Entergy announced on Tuesday that a former supervisor, who worked at the Indian Point nuclear power plant north of New York City for twenty-nine years, had been arrested for deliberately falsifying critical safety records and lying to federal regulators last year.
The feds are charging Daniel Wilson, and, if convicted, he faces up to seven years in jail.
The falsified records concern misrepresented levels of particulate matter in diesel samples taken from the Reserve Tank; a safety concern. When repeated measurements of those levels exceeded NRC standards,
Wilson logged into the company database under another employee’s name and fabricated test data for resample tests which were never actually taken.
Wilson’s reason for falsifying the records? He said didn’t want the NRC to shut the facility down.
Of course butter wouldn’t melt in Entergy’s mouth over this latest example of messed-up corporate culture, but their protestations ring hollow:
While Entergy has claimed that the findings were discovered by employees at the nuclear power plant, they were really found during the period while workers were preparing for a pending NRC inspection, when they knew that federal regulators would want to look at the diesel fuel due to the 2011 findings.
Entergy should be open to a fine of $140,000 per day for operating while in violation of safety regulations; but, so far, no fine has been levied.
Safe? Clean? Reliable?
From a reliable source, it is safe to assume that Entergy will rely on Vermonters for clean-up.
How is falsifying records to fool the NRC a crime? This man is a hero for helping defend nuclear energy, which we all know is perfect in every way and never, ever has any problems.
Nuclear energy is perfect in the same way that there is no climate change.
of another iceberg. Whether Entergy Louisiana & employees are in direct collusion or not doesn’t really matter, employees know who butters their bread & have proven themselves complicit every step of the way. Menage a trois between Entergy, employees & NRC as they clearly share the same bed. I will be surprised if they are fined or face any disciplinary action.
All the employees care about is saving their six-figure parasytical existance even at the expense of public safety. The safety of the public has never been the priority & never will be which is why they all to be phased out & shuttered asap. I wonder what tricks they have up their sleeve when they awaken from their drunken stupor & face the reality of closure.
Remember this one — only a couple of short years ago. At least one VY employee admitted on another blog to burning used oil containing Sr-90 at the plant, but claimed it is legal which is not surprising. This one (among many) also implicates trusty Entergy Louisiana apologist Bill Irwin:
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http://vtdigger.org/2011/08/11…
Nuclear testing in ’50s & ’60s my ass. What a bunch of f’king liars.
Remember, VY is the plant where the tech in charge of testing workers for drug use showed up to work drunk.