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Employee Says He Was Fired Reporting Safety Issues
POSTED: 10:10 a.m. EST February 29, 2000
First Energy, which runs the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, may have to pay a hefty fine.
NewsChannel5 reports that the company is accused of intimidating an employee who testified in a co-worker's trial, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission fined the company $110,000.
NewsChannel5 reports that the company is accused of intimidating an employee who testified in a co-worker's trial, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission fined the company $110,000.In 1997, George Sutton testified in a suit filed by Kevin Doody. Doody claimed that he was fired after reporting safety problems at the plant.
The Associated Press reports that federal officials are considering a request to drop the fine. The AP says that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended the fine last year. The NRC will decide within two months whether the fine should stand. Sutton says that he was warned to be careful about what he said, and a disciplinary letter was placed in his personnel file, WEWS reports.
A First Energy official says that the letter was not disciplinary in nature and that employees are encouraged to report safety issues.
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