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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION I
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I-96-65 September 19, 1996
Contact: Diane Screnci FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Roger Hannah
NRC STAFF PROPOSES $8,000 FINE AGAINST VA MEDICAL CENTER
IN PHILADELPHIA FOR ALLEGED HARRASSMENT OF EMPLOYEE
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed to fine
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA) in
Philadelphia $8,000 for allegedly discriminating against an
employee who raised safety concerns.
In March, the acting district director of the U.S.
Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in Philadelphia
found that the VA discriminated against the radiation safety
officer at the medical center after she raised safety concerns to
the NRC.
The NRC staff has determined that NRC regulations
prohibiting such discrimination were violated, based on the Labor
Department official's decision and on information provided by the
VA during a predecisional enforcement conference on August 26.
VA has 30 days either to pay the proposed fine or to request
in writing that part or all of it be withdrawn.
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