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Lockheed Martin

Reactor Safety Violations (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Date: 11/18/1998 (Date of Fine)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: Energy

Contracting Party: Energy

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $123,750

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: Lockheed was fined for violating nuclear safety rules at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “The penalty at Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Flux Isotope Reactor stems from the contractor's ongoing and repetitive failures to adhere to its established procedures that ensure that the reactor operates within appropriate safety margins. These ongoing violations were evidenced by a number of events between May 1997 and January 1998 -- leading to an unnecessary shutdown of the reactor for an extended period of time.”