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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former nuclear power plant engineer in Ohio has been sentenced to three years on probation and fined $4,500 for helping to cover up the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.
Andrew Siemaszko (si-MAS'-ko) was sentenced Friday in federal court in Toledo, Ohio. He had faced up to five years in prison.
He was convicted of misleading regulators in 2001 in order to delay a safety inspection at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant along Lake Erie.
Inspectors later found an acid leak that nearly ate through the reactor's 6-inch-thick steel cap.
Defense attorneys have said Siemaszko was set up as a scapegoat because he spoke out about safety concerns.
The plant operator, FirstEnergy Corp., has paid $33.5 million to settle civil and criminal cases.
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