ML20129C472
| ML20129C472 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/11/1995 |
| From: | Van Cleave V NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI) |
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| FOIA-96-246 NUDOCS 9610240036 | |
| Download: ML20129C472 (2) | |
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EXHIBIT 44 9610240036 961016 PDR FOIA TOURTEL96-246 PDR
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REPORT OF INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH E. WILSON K. WILSON was interviewed at Innovative Weaponry, Inc. of Nevada (IWI),
Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 8, 1995, by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Senior Investigator Virginia Van Cleave. K. WILSON related the following information in substance.
He has been an independent businessman for the last 20 years with a group of investors who invest in troubled companies and bring them out of bankruptcy. '
He is not an attorney, although he went to law school, he does not have a license and does not practice law. Barry M0 WRY, former president of IWI, contacted him and asked for his help in preventing IWI from going into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. After discussions with M0 WRY, K. WILSON and his wife, Patricia WILSON, became heavily involved in IWI in August 1994, and in September 1994, they became aware that IWI had some difficulties with the NRC.
Neither he nor his wife knew anything about night sights, tritium, NRC regulations, or had extensive knowledge of weapons.
K. WILSON said he was never a corporate officer or director of IWI but served as a consultant. When he became aware of the NRC problems, this information was provided to the bankruptcy court. M0 WRY offered to resign as president in ,
exchange for 100,000 shares of stock, and in October 1994, he did so, and David GREGOR became president of IW1. K. WILSON had frequently dealt with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and believed he could handle dealings with the NRC. Consequently in February 1995, he met with NRC officials in Rockville, Maryland, to determine what was " wrong" with IWI's NRC license and how it cc,uld be corrected. He said he found it difficult dealing with the NRC because, unlike the IRS, they did not simply "want their money." He has reviewed the NRC license, had a tough time understanding it, and said, despite meeting with the NRC, he does not understand what he needs to do to correct the license.
K. WILSON said he was unfamiliar with the day to day operations of IWI, but they were trying to do what was "right," they did not intentionally sell l anything not authorized by the license, and if someone would just tell them what needed to be done, they would do it. K. WILSON said he does not intend to be involved with IW1 much longer because he has his " eye on a new computer company." However, P. WILSON will stay on as IWl's executive vice president, i This report prepared on July 11, 1995, from investigator's notes.
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Virginia Van Cleave, Senior Investigator l Office of Investigations Field Office, RIV l i
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