Nuclear power industry supplier Energy & Process Corp. has agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging the company knowingly failed to perform required quality assurance work and supplied defective steel reinforcing bars for a Department of Energy nuclear project, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. The lawsuit was filed under the False Claims Act.
The allegations relate to a contract for a DOE nuclear waste treatment facility at the agency’s Savannah River site near Aiken, S.C.
