The Indian Point nuclear power plantA Nuclear Regulatory Commission [1] report released this week concludes that a security guard found sleeping on the job at Indian Point [2] over the summer was not a significant security lapse.

According to the Journal News [3], the NRC concluded that the Aug. 26 incident, in which an on-site inspector needed nearly two minutes to awaken the guard, merited a green rating, the NRC's grade for "very low safety significance." The agency will, however, include the incident in the NRC's upcoming performance assessment for the nuclear power plan.

Entergy spokesman Jim Steets said the guard resigned after initially being put on administrative leave. But a spokesman for Riverkeeper [4], Phillip Musegaas, said after the incident that he "would reiterate our concern that Indian Point is a poorly run facility. We have continuing concerns about security and about guards being overworked at the plant."