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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed an $88,000 civil penalty
against the Tennessee Valley Authority based upon U. S. Department of Labor
findings that TVA wrongly discriminated against a nuclear power plant employee
because the employee had raised safety concerns at the Watts Bar nuclear power
plant near Spring City, Tennessee.
NRC officials informed TVA in a letter dated October 15 that DOL findings
related to a discrimination complaint, filed by the employee, indicated TVA
discriminated against the employee in 1995 and 1996, because the employee
had engaged in protected activities, by arranging the employee's transfer
to TVA Services and failing to re-employ the employee once the employee had
been transferred, resulting in the employee's eventual lay-off from TVA.
Based on NRC review of the DOL findings and TVA's responses, the NRC has
determined that a violation of NRC requirements occurred.
NRC officials said that because TVA has filed an appeal of the DOL decision
in the U.S. Court of Appeals, TVA may defer payment of the civil penalty until
the appeal process has been completed.
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