US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently conducted reviews on the implementation of random drug testing for their contractors across the enterprise. This is in response to the four guards who tested positive for anabolic steroid use. The security contractor, Wackenhut Services Inc., dismissed the guards from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tenessee.

At present, random drug testing is not part of the employee screening process among corporate employees and contractors of US NNSA. However, under certain circumstances where there is probable cause, this random drug testing could always be conducted. It was NNSA representative, Damien LaVera, who confirmed that random drug testing requirements are currently being reviewed by their agency.

Oak Ridge head of the International Guards Union of America, Randy Lawson, claimed that only the Oak Ridge facility underwent screening among employees for steroid use. LaVera was not yet able to confirm Lawson’s claim.

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a branch of the United States Department of Energy. The main purpose of the agency is to provide nuclear safety, create effective but safe military propulsion plants, reduce global danger of any weapons of mass destruction and support US leadership in the field of science and technology.

From Global Security Newswire:

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration is studying the use of steroids by personnel at the nation’s nuclear-weapon facilities, the Knoxville, Tenn., News Sentinel reported Sunday (see GSN, Aug. 6).