former nuclear worker kills 4 in VT

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

In that I refrain from posting news articles to Radsafe now, I 
believe that this willo receive MUCH media attention, 
and am therefore posting the full article as 
published this morning.
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Drega worked twice at Vermont nuclear plant

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A man who killed four people in a murderous
rampage and then died in a shootout with police had twice worked at a
nuclear power station where he would have had to pass a background
check and psychological screening.

Officials at the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon said Carl Drega worked
for a contractor at the plant for a month in 1992 and again three
years later for a three-month stint.

He was a millwright in the turbine building, which is separate from
the reactor building, said plant spokesman Rob Williams.

``It was not sensitive work,'' Williams said. ``The plant was shut
down at the time. There was supervision and oversight by the
radiological controls department.''

Drega, 62, died Tuesday in a gun battle with officers after the four
fatal shootings in Colebrook, N.H. His victims were two New Hampshire
state troopers, a newspaper editor and a lawyer with whom he had a
long-running dispute.

Officials said Drega never worked for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Corp., owner and operator of the reactor, but for a contractor.

In order to qualify for work as a contractor, Drega would have had to
pass a background screening that includes a psychological check,
Williams said.

The background check also involves reviews of educational, credit and
criminal histories, and contacting three to four personal references.

Williams would not release the contents of the background check,
citing confidentiality.

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