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Entergy sued over lax security at NY nuclear plant

 Sep 13, 2012   (Reuters) – A security guard at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York state sued the facility’s owner, Entergy Corp, for more than $1.5 billion for emotional distress, claiming lax security at the plant.

Clifton Travis, who has been employed at the plant since 2008 and was
still on the Entergy payroll, claimed in his lawsuit that Entergy
encouraged security personnel to play video games and watch movies to
keep them occupied during their shifts.

He alleged the company has not properly trained security personnel on
how to operate the computerized security system, which he claimed
fails repeatedly.

Travis, 47, also said the company was improperly storing nuclear waste
materials at the plant, and said the plant failed a force-on-force
drill, during which mock adversaries tested the plant’s security
defenses….. The suit was filed in the New York Supreme Court in
Westchester County on Sept. 11, seeking compensatory damages of $20
million and punitive damages of $1.5 billion…..
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/utilities-entergy-indianpoint-lawsuit-idINL1E8KD8MD20120913

September 14, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA