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Posted: Wednesday, 24 October 2007 7:26AM

Guard Falls Asleep at Indian Point and NRC Says It Was of 'Low Significance'



BUCHANAN, NY (AP)  -- Federal regulators say there was very little danger when an armed guard fell asleep at a security gate around the Indian Point nuclear plants.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told the plants' owner, Entergy Nuclear, that it was issuing a ``green'' finding in the case of the guard, who was caught asleep at his post by an NRC inspector on August 26th.

Green means ``very low security significance'' and is the lowest level on a scale that goes up through white and yellow to red.

The NRC said the finding doesn't mean the offense was negligible, just that it was of low significance from a safety perspective.

The inspector who found the snoozing guard spent two minutes trying to rouse him before the guard stood and opened his eyes.

Indian Point is along the Hudson River about 40 miles north of New York City.

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