Workers at a problem-plagued production facility in Louisiana that supplies components to nuclear expansion projects in Georgia and South Carolina conspired to cheat on a welder qualification test, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
As a result of the violations, the NRC announced on Sept. 26 that, after mediation, contractor CB&I has agreed to improve its quality-control and training measures at the Lake Charles, La., plant. The facility, known as Shaw Modular Solutions (SMS) prior to CB&I's 2013 acquisition of The Shaw Group, produces modular components for the Plant Vogtle project in Waynesboro, Ga., and the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project in Jenkensville, S.C. The agency did not assess any financial penalties.