ML20210N480

Comments on Safety of Plant.Newspaper Article Re Drug Testing Encl

ML20210N480
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/26/1986
From:	Bernie White AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC
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NUDOCS 8605050107
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TheITallyTribune said. Ife said the program was in-

'IloQston Lightingand Power's stituted shortly afterward.to vice president of nuclear opera. discourageoff sitedruguse.

tions, Jerry Goldberg,said future

" Drugs and nuclear power licensing of the South Texas Pro-don't mix," said Goldberg.

l ject might have beenjeopardized. Since the first of this year, site had the project notinstituted its employees have been subject to

'fFitness For_ Duty" drug and random

. urinalysis and alcohol abuse testing program. -

breathalyzer testing. All those Although no Nuclear seekingemployment became sub-Regulatory Commis, ion regula-ject to mandatory testing.

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employees failed, the test 1-a 4 - " TheNRClicensingprocedure failure rate of 1.2 percent.

is expected to culminate before June 1987.

Seven err.ployees refused A't a six hour media event held testmg and were terminated, at the nuclear plant Tuesday, G hibergsaid.

Goldberg delval into the recent Sixty of the 950 "new hires,,

history of the 4-month-old drug. f iled testing, representm, g a 6.3 screening program and releasal percent failurerate.

testing statistics.

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