GE Hitachi to pay USD 2.7M over false nuke claims

A subsidiary of General Electric has agreed to pay USD 2.7 million to resolve claims its employees made false statements to the US Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission about a reactor component.
The Justice Department announced the settlement today with General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, a provider of nuclear energy products and services based in Wilmington, North Carolina.
According to the government, GE Hitachi made false statements about a component of its advanced nuclear Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor known as the steam dryer. The government alleges that GE Hitachi concealed flaws in the nuclear component and falsely represented that it had properly analysed its design.

GE Hitachi had received US funding to cover up to half of the cost of designing and developing the new nuclear power system.