Judge to review Idaho nuke info

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http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=2245

Judge to review nuke info

By Noah Brenner
September 28, 2007

A Jackson Hole nuclear watchdog group is declaring victory after a federal judge ordered the Department of Energy to let him review safety documents it had withheld for a nuclear reactor in Idaho.

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Federal lawyers said they could not release safety assessments of the reactor because it would compromise the security of the facility.

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“On September 11, 2001, much to our horror, this nation observed firsthand the very real possibility that our own engineering and technological achievements could be turned against us and used as weapons of mass destruction,” he wrote in his decision. “The court has no doubt that the threat of a terrorist attack aimed at this nation’s nuclear facilities is a real one.”

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Noting that “blocking public access to information necessary to critically assess the ATR’s safety runs the risk that government decisions to extend the life of the ATR will go unchecked, with the possibility of a devastating nuclear accident 100-miles from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, crown jewels of this country’s national parks,” Downes wrote.

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