ML19210B897
| ML19210B897 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 03/19/1979 |
| From: | Gibson A, Kenna W, Gerald Williams NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19210B884 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1113-79-04, 70-1113-79-4, NUDOCS 7911130009 | |
| Download: ML19210B897 (3) | |
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IE Investigation Report No. 70-1113/79-04 (Sumary)
General Electric Company
SUBJECT:
Wilmington Manufacturing Department Docket No. 70-1113 Review of the circumstances sur-rounding the theft and return of SNM, the material control system, health physics evaluation, and the ind ria'l security system.
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INVESTIGATORS:
A. F. Gibson, Chief Date Radiation Support Section Fuel Facility and Materials Safety a ch T- : /,s
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SUMMARY
29, 1979, at 11:45 a.m., Region II was notified by telephone by the General Manager of the Wilmington, North Caro On Honday, January that an extortion letter and a General Electric Company plant, I powder were found at his office door when he cam The letter stated that the writer had in his sample of UO Powder which he had taken work about 8.00 a.m.
possession two 5-gallon containers of UOThe containers were ide 2
serial numbers and by the gross weight (approxim from the plar.t.
from one of the containers to furnish samples to bewspaper editors, total).
senators, anti-nuclear group leaders and others if his demand for The writer in cash was not met by Thursday, February 1.
further stated that after the samples had been delivered, if he had
$100,000 received the money, one container of UO, powder would be The U0, po, der not dispersed through one unnamed large American city.fro in cash was not provided at that city if an additional $100,000 time.
The General Manager verified the authenticity o locations.
Region II advised the Office of Inspection and Enforcement, NRC The Atlanta FBI Headquarters, and the Atlanta office of the FBI. turn The FBI assumed investigative jurisdiction on Honday, January 29.
It was decided not to send NRC investigators to the plant at that the NRC would wait for further developments and time, but that concentrate on planning and related safety evaluations.
On Tuesday, January 30, two Region II investigato technical expertise in the areas of material control and accounta-bility and health physics, and to review GE activities to determine how the event occurred, without interferring with the FBI investigation.
A temporary employee of a General Electric Company subcontractor was subsequently arrested by the FBI on 2/1/79.
The containers and all the SNM were recovered by the FBI and returned to GE.
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CONCLUSIONS (a) the material control The special inspection disclosed that:
and accountability system functioned as designed and identified the missing containers in accordance with regulatory requirements; (b) health physics procedures were foi'oved in accordance with regulatory requirements; (c) normal industrial security procedures were followed; and (d) no items of noncompliance with regulatory requirements were identified.
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