Nuclear engineer found guilty of concealing Davis-Besse dangers

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Article published Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Ex-engineer found guilty of concealing Davis-Besse dangers

By TOM HENRY
BLADE STAFF WRITER

Former FirstEnergy Corp. engineer Andrew Siemaszko was convicted yesterday on three of five counts of intentionally misleading federal regulators about the danger at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ottawa County in 2001.

The verdicts were the final ones in a seven-year saga that has had national implications for the nuclear industry as it plans for a rebirth to help meet America's rising energy needs.

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"This makes the nuclear industry less safe and discourages candor among engineers. It sets the industry back 20 years," according to Ms. Garde, who had implored the jury to acquit her client to hold the government "accountable."

She and activist groups, such as the Union of Concerned Scientists, claimed Siemaszko had been railroaded and used as a scapegoat.

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