Fired for Taking Pictures in a Nuclear Plant with a Cell Phone

Sounds like the pictures were put on the internet...was he blowing the whistle?

U.S. nuclear commission ends Fort Calhoun security probe

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has wrapped up an investigation of a security violation at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station that happened during the 2011 floods.

The agency says the violation involved an employee who “willfully failed to perform required duties,” according to a letter sent Friday to Lou Cortopassi, chief nuclear officer at the plant.

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Omaha Public Power District spokesman Mike Jones said the incident involved an employee’s “inappropriate use of a cellphone camera in the protected area.”

The employee no longer works for the district, he said, and the incident didn’t pose a risk to public safety. He noted that the violation is classified in the second-lowest severity category.