NRC ORDER – ORDER

On August 6, 2009, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) to Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) – Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division to formalize commitments made as a result of an ADR mediation session. The commitments were made by WEC as part of a settlement agreement between WEC and the NRC regarding apparent violations of NRC requirements by a former contract foreman. The agreement resolves the apparent violations involving WEC's maintaining inaccurate records associated with employee training and testing of a ventilation system filter, an Item Relied On For Safety, which was identified during an NRC Office of Investigations (OI) investigation. WEC agreed to a number of corrective actions, including procedural revisions, improved management oversight of contractor activities, a review of the causes of the falsification issues, and incorporation of lessons learned into employee initial and annual refresher training. In consideration of these commitments, the NRC agreed to refrain from further enforcement action in this matter.