Sleeping guard video from YouTube

ByRod Adams

In my last post I asked about your reactions to the long running story of the security guards who were caught napping in the ready room at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. A reader’s question led me to make it easier for you to find the video of that illustrate the basis for the NRC and company reactions. I will freely admit here that the video I found is a time limited news report, so there might be information and footage that is not apparent from the story.

I am willing to be proven wrong about my theory that this “incident” was blown all out of proportion and that a case could be made that naps for security guards during their long shifts are potentially beneficial to safety.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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