The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) recently confirmed allegations that the NRC intentionally withheld vital information concerning “catastrophic” flood risks at nuclear plants, The Huffington Post reported last Tuesday, December 4, 2012.  The news that the NRC was censoring this information initially leaked when two NRC employees, Richard Perkins and Larry Criscione, publically criticized the [...]

Nuclear whistleblower David Sanders filed a lawsuit on October 24, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, alleging that he was terminated in retaliation for internal complaints he made of ineffective security policies at Energy Northwest (“ENW”), the power supplier headquartered in Richland, Washington. ENW owns and operates four electricity-generating [...]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) has once again come under fire from Congressman Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., for failing to deal seriously with allegations of retaliation against nuclear safety whistleblowers.  The allegations – which we have written about multiple times in the past – deal specifically with NRC’s Region IV office, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. [...]

An employee who blew the whistle on unsafe practices at Argonne National Laboratory (“ANL” or “Argonne”) will be allowed to proceed with his case.  In Franchini v. Argonne National Laboratory, the Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) determined on September 26, 2012 that an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred when [...]

The Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently ruled in favor of a whistleblower at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina. In Smith v. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC & Atlantic Group, d/b/a DZ Atlantic, William Smith alleged that he had been terminated because he reported a coworker for failing [...]

Congressman Edward J. Markey of the 7th District of Massachusetts sent another letter on June 4, 2012, to Chairman Greg Jaczko of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) calling for an independent review into the NRC’s safety culture.  Rep. Markey, senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and an advocate for increased nuclear safety, initially [...]

Dr. Walter Tamosaitis, a senior engineer at the nuclear waste-treatment plant in Hanford, Washington, has suffered a series of setbacks over the last two weeks regarding the whistleblower retaliation lawsuit he brought against his former employer.  On May 24th, Dr. Tamosaitis had his complaint against the Department of Energy (“DOE”) dismissed.  On June 1st, the [...]

Congressman Edward Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter on Wednesday to Greg Jaczko, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), urging him to investigate allegations of retaliation against NRC staff who report nuclear safety violations.  The letter comes after Congressman Markey, senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and an advocate for increased nuclear [...]

The Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) vacated a summary judgment decision by an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) in the case of a nuclear whistleblower and remanded the case for further proceedings.  In Robinson v. Triconex Corp., David Robinson filed a complaint under the whistleblower protection provisions of the Energy Reorganization [...]

USA Today ran an article Wednesday concerning the ongoing safety problems at the nuclear waste treatment facility in Hanford, Washington.  Much of the article focused on unsolved technical difficulties with “pulse jet mixers,” devices used to keep the nuclear waste moving to prevent clogging.  We have written about this facility before due to multiple incidences [...]