S.C. Arson Suspect Worked at Nuclear Plant Security InfoWatch (03/12/14) Fretwell, Sammy Federal records released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on March 11 show that South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) failed to properly screen a contract employee who worked at its V.C. Summer nuclear power plant for several months in 2010 and 2011. The contract employee, a suspected arsonist, had claimed in his employment documents that a criminal charge against him had been resolved when it had not, and SCE&G failed to verify the statement. SCE&G fired the worker in early 2011, and according to spokesman Eric Boomhower, self-reported the problem to the NRC after a co-worker flagged the utility about the employee. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah noted that while the individual in question was not a terrorism suspect, the agency would not be treating the situation lightly in part because the facility was vulnerable to the threat of radiological sabotage while the employee worked there. SCE&G has ramped up its training and has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of its access authorization program and implemented extensive corrective actions, which the NRC said addresses the causes that led to the incident.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:30:22 +0000
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