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Nuclear technicians watching Internet sites, not the nuclear controls

NRC: Nuclear technicians surfed web on the job, By Mike M. Ahlers, January 9, 2012 WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nine technicians responsible for monitoring operations at a Louisiana nuclear power plant spent on-duty time surfing the Internet — visiting websites that included news, sports, fishing and retirement information — jeopardizing the safety of the plant, federal regulators say.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission disclosed the web-surfing activities Monday in a letter that proposes a $140,000 fine against the River Bend nuclear power station, 24 miles northwest of Baton Rouge……

According to an NRC investigation, nine operators “deliberately violated” the safety procedures by surfing the web between January and April of 2010. Three of the nine did so with such frequency and duration that they are being issued “severity level three enforcement violations.” (Severity level one represents the greatest significant violation and severity level four is the lowest.) The remaining six operators will receive severity level four violations. …..http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/09/us/technicians-web-surfing/

January 10, 2012 - Posted by | safety, USA

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