OSWEGO CO. -- An Oswego man will spend a year on probation for falsifying reports at the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant.
55-year-old Michael McCarrick pleaded guilty to violating the Atomic Energy Act. He will spend a year on probation and must pay a $1,000 fine.
McCarrick was a Radiation Protection Technician at the plant and was fired from his job after he falsified "Qualitative Fit Test" records relating to 32 nuclear power plant workers. Federal prosecutors say McCarrick said he documented their successful completion of respirator fit tests designed to establish a proper respirator seal when they had never performed the tests.
Respirators are personal protective devices given to employees for use during emergencies such as a chemical release resulting in fumes that could otherwise endanger worker health. There are no known injuries from the falsified tests.
