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<p>SHIPPINGPORT &#8212; A licensed operator at a western Pennsylvania nuclear power plant has been off the job since testing positive for low-levels of alcohol at work.</p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/1OXRJrp" target="_blank">The Beaver County Times reports</a> the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating and in an Oct. 5 letter, gave Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station officials 30 days to detail the worker&#8217;s status.</p><p>The plant about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh is owned by Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp.</p><p>FirstEnergy spokeswoman Jennifer Young says the company voluntarily reported the test results which occurred during a random &#8220;fitness-for-duty&#8221; screening last month.</p><p>Young says the plant&#8217;s testing equipment can detect alcohol at &#8220;very low levels&#8221; and says the employee barely hit those levels. She says the amount of alcohol in his system was &#8220;well below legal levels for driving&#8221; which, in Pennsylvania, is 0.08 percent.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The Unit 1 main turbine and main generator at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_bfb4dc1336b6ae2d650f4a50470012d9.jpg</photo0><caption0>The Unit 1 main turbine and main generator at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP Photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By The Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Nuclear plant worker off job after positive alcohol test