2nd man charged for fake records at TVA nuke plant

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2nd man charged for fake records at TVA nuke plant

By BILL POOVEY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

A second contractor employee at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant has been charged with falsifying electrical cable inspection records and TVA said in a statement Tuesday that the discovery shows its safeguards are working as designed.

Court records show John E. Delk, a crew supervisor for Williams Specialty Services of Tucker, Ga., was charged with the felony offense of knowingly and willfully certifying work that he knew had not been completed at the nation's only current nuclear reactor construction project.

Delk's attorney, Myrlene Marsa, declined comment Tuesday. The case prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Brooks, did not immediately return telephone messages seeking comment.

Another former employee of the same subcontractor, electrician Matthew Correll, in an agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty in June to falsifying records at the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor project. His sentencing is set Oct. 6 in Chattanooga.

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