ML19246A958
| ML19246A958 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07001201 |
| Issue date: | 05/18/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Silk E BABCOCK & WILCOX, BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907100066 | |
| Download: ML19246A958 (1) | |
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m 1 S 1979 In Reply Refer To:
R11:JPO C70-1201.
Babcock and Wilcox Company Attn:
Mr. Edmond J. Silk, Plant Manager Nuclear Materials Division Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant (ChTP)
P. O. Box 1260 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Gentlemen:
The enclosed lE Circular 79-08, is forwarded to you for information.
If there are any questions related to the contents or intent of the Circular or its attachments, please centact this office.
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Enclosures:
IE Circular No. 79-08 w/ attach =ents
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20555 May 18, 1979 IE Circular No. 79-08 ATTEMPTED EXTORTION - LOW ENRICHED URANIUM
Background
In January 1979, a temporary contractor employee who was working at the General Electric plant in Wilmington, North Carolina, allegedly entered the plant and removed a drum containing two 5-gallon cans of low enriched uranium from the facility with the intention of extorting money for the return of the material. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an intensive investigation leading to the arrest of the employee on February 1, 1979. All material was recovered and returned to the plant.
Discussion Based on preliminary infomation provided the NRC, the theft was allegedly carried out in the following manner:
On Friday, January 26, 1979, the subject worked the day shift.
At 10:50 p.m. the same day he drove back to the plant and entered with the night shift. He showed his Florida driver's license at the entrance gate instead of his yellow contractor badge because it had a blue background similar to that on the picture badge which he thought was required to gain access to the area of the plant that he wanted to penetrate. He had allegedly gained access using his driver's license on previous occasions.
Once inside the plant, the subject would have been guided by gates and fences into a parking area had it not been for the fact that one gate had beca removed to allow installation of truck scales.
He proceeded down the unprotected road to an area adjacent to the building he wanted to enter.
After the subject entered the building through a personnel door, he proceeded to his normal working station which was the Chem Tech Lab and entered, using his own key.
In the lab he picked up his protective clothing, a two wheel cart used to move 55 gallon drums and a contaicer used to ship chemicals. The container could hold two 5 2allon cans.
He then proceeded to a door leading up a stairvell into the radiation
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