The company also pledged to improve its inspection manuals, Bergstrom said.
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"We're in the latter stages of developing a new inspections manual for the staff, " said Gene Gohlke, associate director in the SEC's office of compliance, inspections and examinations.
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Furthermore, JNES staff noticed later that the minimum fuel rod length already reported to the government was 3 to 5 centimeters longer than the value listed in both the inspection manual and the Global Nuclear Fuel draft procedures.
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The inspection manual can be found here : The full details must by law be provided on request by all garages licensed to perform MOT tests, and are currently published in DVSA's leaflet " The MOT Test and You ".
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Documents, obtained by a major Japanese newspaper, " The Mainichi Daily News ", after many official information requests, showed that the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization ( JNES ) copied an inspection manual from an original provided by a supplier of fuel-rods : Global Nuclear Fuel Japan Co . This very company was subject to JNES investigations.