Subcontractor, Poor Communication Blamed in IG Report About WonkyComponent Manufactures at KCNSC

摘要

Lack of communications between the Sandia National Laboratories and the Kansas City National Security Campusresulted in some improperly manufactured flex cables, and separately in the Missouri manufacturing facility acceptingother flex cables that failed post-manufacturing tests, the Department of Energy's inspector general reported recently. Someone who tipped off the IG in 2019 about the manufacturing defect for part 3A3917 rigid-flex cables, which wereultimately deemed acceptable for use, laid blame for the error at the feet of the Kansas City National Security Campus(KCNSC). The whistleblower said KCNSC never tried to contact Sandia about the proper manufacturing requirements forthese cables.