FPL pays federal fine for sleeping security guards
> TURKEY POINT, Fla.
> (The Associated Press) - Apr 8
> Florida's largest electric utility has paid a federal fine for
> security guards caught sleeping on duty at a nuclear power plant.
>
> Officials from both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Florida
> Power & Light said Monday that the $130,000 fine was paid in January.
>
> A federal investigation found that six guards at FPL's Turkey
> Point nuclear plant slept or served as lookouts for other sleeping
> guards between
> 2004 and 2006.
>
> The guards were contracted by Wackenhut Corp. Officials say none
> of the guards remain on the job.
>
> The commission's chairman said the plant was nevertheless safe
> and secure during a tour in May. The nuclear plant is about 30 miles
> south of Miami.
> (The Associated Press) - Apr 8
> Florida's largest electric utility has paid a federal fine for
> security guards caught sleeping on duty at a nuclear power plant.
>
> Officials from both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Florida
> Power & Light said Monday that the $130,000 fine was paid in January.
>
> A federal investigation found that six guards at FPL's Turkey
> Point nuclear plant slept or served as lookouts for other sleeping
> guards between
> 2004 and 2006.
>
> The guards were contracted by Wackenhut Corp. Officials say none
> of the guards remain on the job.
>
> The commission's chairman said the plant was nevertheless safe
> and secure during a tour in May. The nuclear plant is about 30 miles
> south of Miami.