{"id":2703,"date":"2007-09-04T00:41:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T08:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/09\/even_homer_nods_off_to_sleep.html"},"modified":"2007-09-04T00:41:58","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T08:41:58","slug":"even_homer_nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/even_homer_nods.html","title":{"rendered":"Even Homer Nods (Off To Sleep)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s kind of like the Simpsons . . . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/02\/nyregion\/nyregionspecial2\/02sirenswe.html?ex=1346385600&#038;en=37d0f31a140fc552&#038;ei=5124&#038;partner=permalink&#038;exprod=permalink\">if Homer really had the lives of 40 million people throughout the region in his hands<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The guard was discovered about 2 p.m. on Aug. 26 during a routine check by an inspector for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an N.R.C. spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>The guard was stationed at a checkpoint outside a secured entrance to the plant&#8217;s operating area. To get through, a person must swipe a badge that matches their palm print, according to Jim Steets, a spokesman for the plant&#8217;s owner, Entergy Nuclear Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Neil Sheehan, the N.R.C. spokesman, said the inspector stood 8 to 10 feet from the guard and, for about 10 minutes, tried to rouse him. Finally, as the inspector raised his voice, the guard stood up.<\/p>\n<p>The guard has been suspended, with pay, while an investigation is conducted. Tests for drug and alcohol were negative, Mr. Sheehan said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Steets said the guard had worked at the plant for about five years. &#8220;This is a person&#8217;s life and career we&#8217;re looking at,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Clearly it&#8217;s unacceptable if he&#8217;s inattentive to duty at his post, but before making a final decision, we want to look at all the circumstances.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s kind of like the Simpsons . . . if Homer really had the lives of 40 million people throughout the region in his hands: The guard was discovered about 2 p.m. on Aug. 26 during a routine check by an inspector for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an N.R.C. spokesman said. . . . The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-were_all_gonna_die"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}