BRUNSWICK COUNTY — A nuclear safety official is alleging Duke Energy retaliated against her for raising safety concerns at North Carolina nuclear energy facilities, including Brunswick Nuclear Plant. This comes as a Duke-funded lobby group pushes to rollback federal nuclear safety oversight.

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Kathy Adams worked for Duke Energy for 42 years without disciplinary or performance issues. She was promoted to supervisor of quality assurance for Duke’s North Carolina nuclear facilities in 2017.

Adams filed a 2020 complaint to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging Duke retaliated against her for raising safety concerns related to Brunswick Nuclear Plant quality control official Mike Gore. Adams alleges numerous quality control inspectors made complaints against Gore for discouraging them from writing quality condition reports.

Inspectors write quality condition reports to identify nuclear facility deficiencies, initial actions to address issues, and assess potential impacts on plant operations.

“These reports are crucial tools of nuclear safety,” Employment Law Group spokesperson Laurence Hooper told Port City Daily Thursday. “[Quality condition reports] provide a forum and a process for inspectors to flag important problems without fear of retaliation. They also create a paper trail by which Duke can be held accountable, and they can reveal broader patterns...

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