DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has banned former a nuclear plant security officer from involvement in NRC-licensed activities for three years.
Robert Robbirds is a former security officer at the Farley nuclear power plant, operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Company near Columbia, Ala. about 18 miles south of Dothan.
The NRC says it completed an investigation earlier this year that reviewed a June 2008 incident where Robbirds consumed alcohol before arriving for work, and entered the plant with alcohol in water bottles. After Robbirds had been on duty as an armed responder for five to six hours, he was found by plant employees to be unresponsive and not fit for duty.
Robbirds has 20 days to either request an extension or a hearing before the imposition of the order.
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