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I-00-02

January 7, 2000

NRC Completes Agency Action on Letters of Reprimand Issued to Millstone Managers in Employee Discrimination Case

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its administrative review of a notice of violation and four letters of reprimand issued in April to five Northeast Nuclear Energy Company managers for discrimination against three employees who raised safety concerns in the 1993-to-1995 time frame at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, Conn.

As a result of that review, the notice of violation and three letters of reprimand remain as issued; one letter of reprimand has been withdrawn.

The NRC took this action after reviewing responses of the five managers. That review determined that one of the individuals provided new and significant information not previously available which indicated he was not responsible for the discriminatory action. The letters and the names of all four recipients of the letters of reprimand have been withheld from public disclosure while the review was under way.

Copies of the three letters that were issued, the notice of violation, and the responses to them are available from the NRC Public Document Room and the Office of Public Affairs.

EDITORS: NRC issued a press release April 6 about the initial action in this case.

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