ML19309H372
| ML19309H372 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 03/27/1980 |
| From: | Creed J, Hind J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| References | |
| PNS-III-80-005, PNS-III-80-5, NUDOCS 8005130112 | |
| Download: ML19309H372 (4) | |
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d0 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION 130ll7 D:to:
Nach 27.1980 PIELIMINARY NOTIFICATTON OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT--PNS-Ill 80-05 Page 1 of ? Nguu This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE national sedurity or public interest significance.
The inforination presented
'is as~ initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is knovo by IE staff as of this date.
l'ar.il ity : Commonw(alth Edivun Company Qusd citics, valt 1 mid 2 Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265 1
Subj ect :
G1 GNU JUK'i INDICTM1;NT On March 26, 1980 the UttiLed States AI.Lorney for th/. cenrrn I district of Illinois (Springtield), Mr. Gerald D. l'inen announced that the t'uderni Utund Jury had returned indicttrnts against Cucmnwenith F.dlMon Conpany, tho. Quad Citics Stativa Guperintendent and the Quad Citics Securit.y DirecLnr.
the nir.c count ludictment charCed rhar the de fendente ennepf red to evade cer.pliance with the. NMC opproved SecurILy Plan.
As p: art of the alicRed censpiracy, thn defendants nrdered security guurdu to unit frotr their record 3 thu fa tt that vital aren doorn were. round unineked und unguarded, in addition to the discusery of unparnrted vicitors.
The alle;;td tens iracy centtr.t.ed f rom nhn ar.Tanun t y, 1976 t o Ap ril, 1977.
..in + a ' J. Id _ s in -w cha r;;wd in all-accounts or conspiracy and fr.4nal.
The
- --*'c' "t.?'vinLc.de::'. and Security Director were charged in 7 connrr. e.uh.
~h' inii-:--+.:_ char;cs vioictiec, ol 'Sectlinm :y;l atul 1001 o f Tirle 1 H of rh*
. n;t.x S:a:e s Code.
Each count ca rri ew a maxinnun pen a l t.y o f r i ve v oa rx in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Artsign: e:t han heen ser in Springfield,1111nois for Apr11 9,
1980.
The L*nirad States ALLorney huu requested that any and all innuf rie.m rn e infore.atien re.na rdinn L1:ese maLLeru be directed' to Mr. Dean St. De.n l a, Publje
!r.for=.stien Of fice, Department of.7ustice, Washington. C.D.
(AC 202-61.1-2017).
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS P00R QUAL.lTY PAGES 9
PRELIMINARY NOTIFTCATION Page 2 of 2 March 2/, 1980 PNS-TTT-80-05 Fac111 r.y:
Cntrnonven1th Edisnit Company Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.
50-254, 50-265 Sub.leci. :
GRAND JURY IND1(1ET As re.gite.are.d by the U.S. Artnrney, Reg f on III will =ske nn preun release and v111 refer all requesLa for Informarion rn the PTO, Justice Department. A coav ul L!ic press re. lease Ixxued hy the t:.S. Juxtice Department ( At enrnay General Me.njnmin R. Civiletti) is attached.
The IAT, Con =tissioner's Sraf fs, OTA and TWO were te1,.phem f de 11y not t fled on March 26, 1980. Media inrnrent in extensive.
Cor. tact :
.T. A. lii nal J. R. Creed l
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Transmitted H St Chair =an Ahearne CommissYoner Hendrie S. J. Chilk, SECY Coccissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Bradford C. C. Kammerer, CA Concissione.r Kennedy ACRS (For Distribution)
Transmitted: 1533 P. Bldg IE:XOOS (IE: HQ Dist..
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- 1. Di rcks, Eno II. R. Denton, NRR C. MichcInnn, A7.on R. C. DeYoung, NK1 J. J. Touchard, ?A R. J. Mattson, NR1 Landow (6 min /page)
N. M. Haller, MPA D. Vassallo, NRR J. J. Cummings, OIA R. G. Ryan, OSP D. Eisenhut, NRR H. K. Shapar, ELD SS Bida (MAIL)
J. G. Davis. NMSS R. Minogue, SD,
S. Levine, RES 1E:X005 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION e
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The comacawom1th 3;dison Company and two,of its officials were indicted today on charges of conspiracy and fraud relating to. security regulations at the firm's nuclear power plant in Cordo'
- Illinois, 1
Attorney G nneral Be.njaania R. Civ11etti said the nine' count indictment was returned by a' Fedwal Orand Jury in Springfie' 1111oots.
In addition to the cesapany, the defendanta are Richolas Kaliviannkis, 48, superintendent of the Quad-Cities Ruclear 8tatici and Unitor Meehan, 59, the station's security Director.
The indictment said the defendanta conspired to evade complainee with a security plan approved by the Raclent Regulatory Cor:iccion for opcration of the plant.
l.c pc.rt of the conopirccy, the indictment c. aid, the defendante ordered security cuerde to otsit from their records tho f act that protective doors leading to the station's vital area wer.
found unlo,Oted and unguarded.
Ouards also were ordered by the defendants to omit frtxn j
their records the dispovery of unoccorted visitors in the ctation's protected and' vital areas, the indlotment said.
The first count charged a violation of Section 371 cf Title 18 of the United States Code, which ca.rries a maximum penalt-of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
It alleged the conspiracy continued frees about, January of 1976 to April of 1977.
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i Counts two through nine charged false entries in the station's security records in violation of Soction 1001 of Title 18, which carries a maxiasum penalty of five years in pr1 Tron and a
$10,000 fino.
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coamsonwenith Edison, which is headquartered in Chicago, was charged in all aime counts with conspiracy and fraud.
Mr.
Kalivianakin wa.a charged in counta 1, 2,
4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 with conspiracy and fraud.
Mr. Meehan was charged in counts 1, 3,
5, 6,
7, 8, a,nd 9 with conspiracy and fraud.
Preparation of the case for the Attorney General was cupervised by Gerald D. Fines, the United States Attorney in Epringf12d, and David T. Elbaor, a special Attorney with the Crimina Division of the Justics Department in Wanhington, D.
C.
The t.crcctitttion ec.c ce.rAucted by tbo Pc/e:-ci D. : otu of Icrecticct. ion L.c4 the Kacicar Gcculc. tory Cocaiccion.
Arraigaotent has been set in Springfield, Illinois, on April 9, 1930, at 1:30 PM.
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