US nuclear administration to review Nevada assault complaint

Source: Associated Press


Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Updated 5:12 pm CST, Thursday, January 31, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government's nuclear security administration said Thursday it will review the handling of a sexual harassment and assault complaint that a security guard at the Nevada National Security Site made against her colleagues.

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Morgan said the administration could not directly comment on the security guard's allegations that she was harassed, assaulted and ultimately fired for reporting the incidents. But he said the administration is "taking a close look" at the whether the contracted security firms that the guard worked for handled the complaint appropriately.

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In the New York Times report, the guard detailed a November 2017 training exercise in a smoke-filled room where she said several of her fellow guards struck her in the face with her own rifle and sexually assaulted her before disappearing.

The woman was unable to identify her attackers but knew they were fellow guards, the newspaper reported. She said she faced months of sexual harassment leading up to and following the attack.

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