Best and Brightest for Nuclear Plants

Once again, stuff you can't make up. As our favorite fictional nuclear operator would say, "Doh!"

Buyers of Bogus Degrees Named - Spokane Spokesman-Review - 30 Jul 08

"Hundreds of people working in the military, government and education are on a list of almost 10,000 people who spent $7.3 million buying phony and counterfeit high school and college degrees from a Spokane diploma mill."

"Duwayne Huss, an employee of Nuclear Management Co., operator of two nuclear plants in Minnesota, bought degrees in nuclear engineering and accounting. 'I can't give you information about our employees,' company spokeswoman Mary Sadock said Monday when asked if Huss was still employed."

Former Minnesota Nuclear Power Plant Employee Outed as Diploma-Buying Fraudster - City Pages - 30 Jul 08

"After parting ways with Nuclear Management Co., Huss secured employment at the Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin. A call to the nuclear plant confirms that Huss is currently employed in its control room, although the receptionist declined to say in what capacity."

Diploma-Buying Control Room Worker's Employer: "No comment" - City Pages - 31 Jul 08

"Borrowing a page from the Xcel Energy media playbook, Dominion Energy Spokesman Mark Kanz tells City Pages that his company has nothing to say about Duwayne Huss. [ . . .] This 'no comment' extends to whether an internal investigation has been launched, whether Huss is still employed in the control room of the Kewaunee Power Station, and, if they could get away with it, we imagine, whether a person named Duwayne Huss actually exists.

While we don't pretend to have extensive training in the dark art of public relations, and at risk of sounding like a broken record, we have to say that this strikes us as fairly stupid. When all evidence suggests that someone working in the control room of your nuclear power plant has a bogus degree in nuclear engineering, it seems prudent to look into the matter. And it seems equally prudent to inform the public that you are doing so."

Best and Brightest for Nuclear Plants

Once again, stuff you can't make up. As our favorite fictional nuclear operator would say, "Doh!"

Buyers of Bogus Degrees Named - Spokane Spokesman-Review - 30 Jul 08

"Hundreds of people working in the military, government and education are on a list of almost 10,000 people who spent $7.3 million buying phony and counterfeit high school and college degrees from a Spokane diploma mill."

"Duwayne Huss, an employee of Nuclear Management Co., operator of two nuclear plants in Minnesota, bought degrees in nuclear engineering and accounting. 'I can't give you information about our employees,' company spokeswoman Mary Sadock said Monday when asked if Huss was still employed."

Former Minnesota Nuclear Power Plant Employee Outed as Diploma-Buying Fraudster - City Pages - 30 Jul 08

"After parting ways with Nuclear Management Co., Huss secured employment at the Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin. A call to the nuclear plant confirms that Huss is currently employed in its control room, although the receptionist declined to say in what capacity."

Diploma-Buying Control Room Worker's Employer: "No comment" - City Pages - 31 Jul 08

"Borrowing a page from the Xcel Energy media playbook, Dominion Energy Spokesman Mark Kanz tells City Pages that his company has nothing to say about Duwayne Huss. [ . . .] This 'no comment' extends to whether an internal investigation has been launched, whether Huss is still employed in the control room of the Kewaunee Power Station, and, if they could get away with it, we imagine, whether a person named Duwayne Huss actually exists.

While we don't pretend to have extensive training in the dark art of public relations, and at risk of sounding like a broken record, we have to say that this strikes us as fairly stupid. When all evidence suggests that someone working in the control room of your nuclear power plant has a bogus degree in nuclear engineering, it seems prudent to look into the matter. And it seems equally prudent to inform the public that you are doing so."