ML19322B876

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PNO-III-79-33:on 791101,employment Discrimination Claimed by W Smart Because of Allegations Made Re Quality of Const on Previous Job.Referred to Dept of Labor
ML19322B876
Person / Time
Site: Callaway Ameren icon.png
Issue date: 11/02/1979
From: Fiorelli G, Knop R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-79-033, PNO-III-79-33, NUDOCS 7912070033
Download: ML19322B876 (1)


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November 2, 1979 eeI o

o PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUS13AL OCCURRENCE--PSO-III-79-33 This prelicinari notificatien censtitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE sa f ety or public interest. significance. The information presented is as initially received v:.tbout verification or evaluation and is basically all tua. is Pncvn b7 IE staf f on this date.

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3-Cc pany (Callevey Unit 1) n roc *f.e t No.30-453, Callavay County, Elvscuri Febhut:

Di;CYMI';! M5CRIMINATION CLAIMID BY MR. W. SMART Ragion ::I received a call frcm Mr. W.

S-art on Nove=ber 1,19 79, during which cine. Eu cenplained that he was being denied ec ployment because of discrimination Ly or.e of the corstruction ecstractors at the Callaway h elec.r Site.

Mr. Scart ic:=crly verked as an ironverkar a: Calletay.

During his perici of caplcy nant he end: a nt=ber cf a3 legations regarding the cuality of construc:ic that resulted in two cajor investigatf ons by Region III.

He was subsequently fired by his enployer, Daniel Construction, in March 1978.

F:110 vin;; his disnissal, he alle;;ed that he was fired for being a "vhistle-blowe r" --- a =a:ter which received cc.siderable publicity.

lie was reins.e ed in November ~975 thrcugh arbi:retion brought on by his union. He absequen:1y changad a.;1cyrant at the site, then found work of faite.

S'r. Snar: was inferned that federal jurisdiction over such eatters rests with the l'erartrent cf Labor and was previded with a contact.

7..is relininar/ no:ificarica is issued because of the potential for nedia attentlen.

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R. C. DeYoung, h~dR J. J. Touchard, PA R. J. Matt =cs, NRR Landow (6 min /page)

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