Dive Summary:
- The New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., said a former worker at its Indian Point nuclear plant in New York has been arrested for falsifying records in 2012 related to the quality of fuel in emergency back-up tanks.
- Indian Point employees kicked off an investigation when they uncovered the false fuel records and reported it to plant managers, who then informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- The former employee now faces federal charges.
From the article:
“The false records "related to the quality of fuel in back-up tanks for use in the plant's emergency generators," the company said. "At no time was the plant in an unsafe condition. We completed an evaluation of the fuel oil and determined that all the generators would have performed as designed."
