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 NNSA Reviews Steroid Use at US Nuclear Weapons Sites
NNSA Reviews Steroid Use at US Nuclear Weapons Sites Global Security Newswire The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration is studying the use of steroids by personnel at the nation's nuclear-weapon facilities, the Knoxville, Tenn., News Sentinel reported Sunday (see GSN, Aug. 6). The review was announced after four guards at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee tested positive for anabolic steroids and subsequently quite or were fired by Wackenhut Services Inc., the security contractor at the site. A union has challenged the firing of two guards. "Currently, random steroid testing is not part of the corporate employee screening process for contractors operating across the (nuclear weapons) enterprise," NNSA spokesman Damien LaVera wrote in an e-mail. "However, tests can be conducted where there is probable cause or if warranted by specific occurrences. The department is reviewing the random testing requirements as a result of this recent incident." The Oak Ridge facility is the only U.S. nuclear site where employees have been screened for steroid use, according to Randy Lawson, head of the Oak Ridge branch of the International Guards Union of America. Wackenhut backed the assertion, but LaVera was unable to confirm the claim (Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, Aug. 9) ... More... |
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