# NRC ORDER – ORDER
> **EA-18-130** · ORDER · Issued 2019-11-20 · Reactor Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-18-130
- **Licensee:** ORDER
- **Category:** Reactor Licensees
- **Action type:** ORDER
- **Date issued:** 2019-11-20
## Description

On November 20, 2019 the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order to Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) for two willful violations of 10 CFR 52.5, "Employee Protection." This Confirmatory Order was based on: (1) SNC directing a contract employee at the Vogtle Units 3 and 4 construction site be removed in December 2015, in part, for engaging in protected activity. The contract employee was subsequently terminated by his employer on February 3, 2016; and, (2) an SNC official removing a contract employee from the site on July 13, 2017, in part, for engaging in protected activity when he was employed by a different contractor on the site from 2014-2015. The contract employee was subsequently terminated by his employer on July 14, 2017.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1924/ML19249B612.pdf)
- [NRC Reactor Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/reactors/)
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