..is usually not a good thing, especially when your job is guarding nuclear power plants. Yet, that's what happened at the Peach Bottom plant in Pennsylvania, also the home of the famed Three Mile Island plant.
One of the guards, Kerry Beal, reported to the NRC that some of his fellow guards were sleeping on the job. The NRC asked the owner of the plant, Exelon, about this. Exelon said they had no evidence and the matter was dropped. So, Beal videotaped the siestas. The videotape eventually reached CBS and the shit hit the fan.
The NRC is now reviewing their oversight procedures. Exelon terminated its contract with Wackenhut, the firm that provided the guards. And the nuclear industry may actually improve their security.
One guy started it.
1 comment:
This reminds me of a story. I had a friend that worked on the pipeline in Alaska. He was supposed to be watching something when he fell asleep in the pickup. A guy saw him sleeping and went to get a supervisor. Anyway to shorten the story, my friend sued the company because they wasted time going to get the supervisor and did not check to see if he was alright since the weather could be fatal.
Post a Comment