An American court has convicted a former employee at Entergy's FitzPatrick nuclear power plant of falsifying safety equipment test records. Michael McCarrick, a radiation protection technician at the plant, was charged with a felony violation of the US Atomic Energy Act after falsifying records of qualitative fit tests on personal respirators, documenting the successful completion of tests which had not in fact been carried out. McCarrick was fired from his job at the plant in New York state in the wake of the incident, and was sentenced to one year of probation and a $1000 fine after pleading guilty to the charge. Personal respirators are a common piece of safety equipment used not only in nuclear plants but in many settings where hazardous fumes may be present during an emergency. They must fit snugly to be effective, and employers are therefore required to check the fit of their workers' respirators regularly to ensure that the respirator makes a proper seal. The falsified records related to 32 power plant workers but the US Department of Justice noted that no known injuries had occurred as a result of the falsified tests.
Among the people chosen to carry the Olympic Flame across Britain to London 2012 is Mike Park, a land surveyor at Sellafield who has been recognised for 28 years of mountain rescue work._615x160.jpg)
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The manager of the Kori 1 nuclear power reactor in South Korea has been sacked for covering up a safety-related incident at the plant last month. The plant owner now faces prosecution by safety regulators.
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Construction efficiency is the priority for Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it examines the Watts Bar completion project and the start-up date for the new reactor slips backwards.
Entergy has been fined $140,000 after control room workers at River Bend nuclear power plant were caught surfing the Internet.
The Russian nuclear industry is known to strongly support its amateur sportsman in local, regional and inter-company contests, but the Siberian Chemical Combine has taken its hero-worship to a new level for 2012 with a calendar depicting its sports stars as Greek gods..jpg "Wylfa pile cap (Magnox)")
The UK's Wylfa nuclear power plant has taken delivery of the last Magnox fuel elements ever to be manufactured. Meanwhile, Magnox Ltd aims to assist its staff in finding new opportunities in the nuclear industry..jpg "Vaigach (Rosatomflot)")
A fire which broke out on a Russian nuclear icebreaker has claimed two lives but has not damaged the ship's reactor which continues to operate normally.
An action plan has been drawn up by Areva to mitigate losses and orient itself for the long term. It involves the loss of up to 1500 jobs in Germany.