Since When Do Nuclear Companies Get Deferred Prosecution Agreements? (CCR) [View All]

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Since When Do Nuclear Companies Get Deferred Prosecution Agreements? Since Now
20 Corporate Crime Reporter 5(1), January 20, 2006

... For lying to the government. About critical safety problems at a nuclear power facility.

In the deferred prosecution agreement made public today, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company admits that its employees, acting on its behalf, knowingly made false representations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the course of attempting to persuade the NRC that its northern Ohio Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station was safe to operate beyond December 31, 2001 ...

Originally intended for juvenile delinquents, deferred prosecution agreements are increasingly being used to shield large corporations from criminal liability. (See “Crime Without Conviction – Report Details Special Deals with Major Corporations,” 20 Corporate Crime Reporter 1(1), December 28, 2005.) ...

http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/firstenergy012006.htm