Nuke commission: Safety records falsified at Vermont Yankee
Source:
Associated Press
A senior radiation protection technician at the closed In a violation order issued Monday, the NRC said the
now-former Entergy Nuclear technician failed to test
employees who were working the night shift for radiation
exposure from January to The NRC said the violation was considered low-level, but
the agency increased the significance of it because the
deception had been "deliberate" and "willful" and because
Entergy did not discover the problem itself and report it,
according to the Those night-shift workers were not tested for four days out of the week, the NRC said. When a second safety technician was on duty the night shift workers were tested as required, the NRC said. It's unclear how many workers were involved, but employment at the nuclear reactor decreased sharply when it stopped generating electricity in late 2014. An Entergy spokesman would not answer questions about the violation and issued a company statement saying Entergy would respond to the investigation findings. "We are reviewing the Notice of Violation and, as
instructed by the NRC's letter, will be providing a response
to the NRC no later than Information from: http://www.energycentral.com/news/nuke-commission-safety-records-falsified-vermont-yankee |