The floor of Saint-Etienne (Loire) has received the survey and several complaints against X were filed.
“ We wanted, in the context of transparency and public information, communicate on this matter without violating the proper conduct of the investigation “, said AFP Julien Collet, Assistant Director General of the ASN.
The safety authority does not mention the name of the undertaking concerned, at the request of the judicial authorities.
As said Wednesday the World, it is the SBS company, specializing in forging ring rolling, a subsidiary of Genoyer group.
This SME located in Boën-sur-Lignon in the Loire told AFP that it was an employee of the quality service that had manipulated “ margin ” on his computer, the certificates issued by analytical laboratories.
The non-compliance of the material tested in the expected specifications has been obscured in some cases.
According to the company, which employs 85 people, this employee wanted to “ save time ” by not having to seek waivers to customers. “ This is an unacceptable drift and the employee was immediately fired and laid off “, according to SBS.
Materials analysis reports performed by the laboratory Bureau Veritas included falsified.
It is the industrial Areva, one of the recipients of the metal parts, “ that had a doubt watching the certificates and contacted us ” in November Cathy tells Pianon, management of communications at Bureau Veritas.
“ It has been shown that the certificates were falsified and obviously retouched ,” the source said.
equipment for the Jules Horowitz research reactor, currently built by Areva for the CEA (Atomic Energy) at Cadarache (Bouches-du-Rhône), are concerned.
Bureau Veritas “ immediately alerted ASN and filed a complaint against X early 2016 ,” she said.
Areva and CEA have also filed a complaint against X.
ASN asked to operators and manufacturers of equipment for nuclear facilities “ look s they had the parts involved in these falsifications and assess the impact , “said Julien Collet.
“ The investigations are ongoing. We should have the results soon. It may at that time evaluate the extent and consequences of these falsifications ,” added M . Collet.
ASN says that to date it is not aware of “ service equipment ” affected by this falsification. “ Our concern focuses on equipment that could be in use ,” said Mr. Collet. “ The falsifications are not all recent .”
SBS says he warned 17 customers between November and January. She said she took remedial action “ immediately “, including providing a double check on all the documents and the call for a nuclear expert to verify that there was no impact technical installations.
“ According to preliminary analysis, the non-compliance of parts does not seem likely to be adversely affected the operation of facilities in which the parts are integrated ,” said SBS.
In 2012, large-scale falsification of certificates had been discovered in South Korea. Thousands of components for the nuclear industry were concerned.
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