NRC ORDER – ORDER

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.