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  • Nuclear whistleblower: learn the definition in our legal glossary.

  • Energy Reorganization Act, §5851, Employee protection

  • Whistleblower Protection Act: Protection for Federal Employees, our practice area related to nuclear whistleblower
    The Firm's attorneys are nationally recognized for their successful representation of federal sector whistleblowers in cases brought before the Office of Special Counsel ("OSC") under the Whistleblower Protection Act. We have obtained significant settlements and secured important legal victories for federal government employees who have blown the whistle on fraud, waste, abuse and other violations of the law.

  • Nuclear Whistleblower Litigation, our pactice area related to nuclear whistleblower
    The Energy Reorganization Act of 1978 (ERA) provides strong protections for contractors and employees who provide information about, or participate in investigations relating to, what they believe to be violations of nuclear safety laws and standards. Since its enactment, the ERA has applied broadly to all licensees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), their subsidiaries, and their contractors and subcontractors - in other words, to any company that is involved in the construction, maintenance, operation or clean-up of a nuclear facility. Congress extended the statute's coverage in August 2005 when it amended the ERA to protect employees of the NRC and Department of Energy (DOE) themselves, as well as their contractors and subcontractors.

  • Blowing the Whistle on Nuclear Safety Lapses: Federal Whistleblower Protections Act At A Glance
    Since its enactment, the ERA has applied broadly to all licensees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), their subsidiaries and their contractors and subcontractors - in other words, to most any company that is involved in construction, maintenance, operation or clean-up at a nuclear facility. Congress extended the statute's coverage in August 2005 when it amended the ERA to protect employees of the NRC and Department of Energy (DOE) themselves, as well as their contractors and subcontractors. The law covers only "employers," and does not assign liability to individual managers even where they have spearheaded the retaliation against a complaining employee.

  • Whistleblowers: Can a Whistleblower Get Justice? Can Her Lawyer Get Paid?
    The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) oversees the implementation and enforcement of various statutes designed to protect employees from retaliation when they report unsafe environmental practices. The purpose of these anti-retaliation provisions is generally to protect employees whose actions aid the government in the enforcement of laws designed to protect the public. See English v. General Elec. Co., 496 U.S. 72 (1990) (noting that the "protection of employees" is the primary purpose of the environmental whistleblower statutes); Passaic Valley Sewerage Comm'rs v. Dept. of Labor, 992 F.2d 474, 479 (3rd Cir. Apr. 16, 1993) ("Whistleblower provisions are intended to promote a working environment in which employees are relatively free from the debilitating threat of employment reprisals for publicly asserting company violations of statutes protecting the environment such as the Clean Air Act and nuclear safety statutes."); Willy v. Coastal Corp. 855 F2d 1160 (5th Cir. 1988).

  • Nuclear Whistleblower. This section will help our readers to learn more about rights of nuclear whistleblowers.


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