The Nation - News from Dec. 30, 1986

A health physicist at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant at Delta, Pa., lost his job for telling the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of an incident that exposed him to radiation, Bob Gallo, an NRC section chief, said. Philadelphia Electric Co., part owner of the plant, maintains the employee was laid off last year as part of cuts that reduced the work force from 130 employees to 90. A 1974 federal law prohibits employees at nuclear power plants from being fired for “whistle-blowing,” Gallo said. He said the report would be reviewed in Washington.