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“Falsified Welding Certificates Found at ITER Construction Site: 13 Workers Involved”

Falsely qualified welders worked on the site of the international experimental reactor Iter, in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. ITER management has itself contacted the nuclear police, ASN, to inform it of “the discovery of falsifications in the qualification certificates concerning welders working on the construction site“.

13 people are concerned

According to the first elements drawn from the analyzes of the Iter company, 13 welders worked with false documents “attesting to certain specific qualifications required for these sites“These employees were working on this project which was due to be completed by 2025, but which is experiencing many problems, which should cause a delay of several years.

Iter took “immediate action not only to remove this particular contractor, but also to disqualify all welds performed by these individuals and to conduct a full assessment of all welding certifications, site-wide“, explained to AFP Laban Coblentz, responsible for the communication of the site.

No direct impact identified

The nuclear safety agency asks Iter Organization to “specify the extent of the falsifications brought to light and their possible impact on activities relating to equipment important for safety“which adds that”subject to the additional information expected, no direct impact has been identified, such as a lack of skills on the part of the participants or a non-compliant activity carried out“,

In 2021 at the Orano reprocessing plant in La Hague (Manche), “three unskilled welders“have been identified, recalled the ASN. But they were”then qualified by Orano at the Cherbourg welding school and passed their tests, so they had the skills, but not the documents attesting to them“, specified the safety authority.

2023-05-31 10:45:00
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