NRC bans nuke worker who admitted violation at Indian Point

[hrmjustin]

Staff and wire report,

A former Indian Point supervisor who admitted falsifying test data to cover up fuel contamination at the nuclear power plant in Buchanan has been banned from the industry for one year, officials said Tuesday.

Daniel Wilson has been temporarily barred from taking part in activities licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, of NRC, agency officials said.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2014/04/29/nrc-bans-nuke-worker-admitted-violation-indian-point/8482827/

[shenmue]

1. I used to live near there

and visit a park that wasn't too far away. I cringed every time I drove past the signs for Indian Point.

[hrmjustin]

2. Did they give you tgat thyroid pill because you live by there. I think it is in caee of emergencies.

[shenmue]

3. No

Wow.

[hrmjustin]

4. I thought they were required to do that.

[FBaggins]

5. No. They offer them to local governments

If they're part of the local plan, the NRC provides them and they're staged locally so that they can be distributed in the event of an emergency.

There's little point in distributing them apart from an emergency because most would be lost, and some would be taken out of paranoia (and there are potential side effects).

[hrmjustin]

6. Ah that makes sense.