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26 Sep 13
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Andrew Siemaszko, a former nuclear safety engineer at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant, will go on trial this Friday for allegedly lying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about conditions leading to a near-disaster at the plant in 2002.
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e NRC warned owners of a dozen plants across the country that it would shut down any reactor that had not been inspected for boric acid leaks by December 31, 2001. FirstEnergy, which was undergoing a merger with General Public Utilities, argued successfully several times to postpone inspections and keep Davis-Besse running.
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stEnergy $33.5 million for violating safety standards,
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role of four engineers at the plant.
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three of the four engineers:
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Prasoon Goyal, agreed to testify against the other three and was not prosecuted.
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The jury acquitted his alleged co-conspirator, Rodney Cook, of all four charges against him.
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eisen was sentenced to a $7,500 fine, three years of probation, four months of house arrest, and 200 hours of community service. He could have received a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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falsified work orders that FirstEnergy cited in its letters to the NRC arguing to keep the reactor operating.
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hat lie must be materia
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FirstEnergy prevented Siemaszko from completing the reactor vessel cleaning so it could restart the reactor and keep generating electricity.
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Siemaszko's work order for the reactor cleaning was false.
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They claim that Siemaszko stated he had cleaned and inspected the entire reactor vessel.
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It also noted that he had not been able to fully clean the reactor. FirstEnergy managers ignored the report.
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he reactor but disregarded that fact in its decision to allow FirstEnergy to continue operating
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08 Aug 08
Energy NetAndrew Siemaszko, a former nuclear safety engineer at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant, will go on trial this Friday for allegedly lying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about conditions leading to a near-disaster at the plant in 2002. NRC documents, however, show that Siemaszko is not to blame. It was FirstEnergy, the plant's owners, which falsified reports to the NRC, not Siemaszko. In fact, Siemaszko was one work shift away from discovering the problem at Davis-Besse while cleaning the reactor head in 2000, but FirstEnergy prevented him from completing his task.
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