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Secret US List of Civil Nuclear Sites Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-harm-no-foul-right dept.

eldavojohn writes "Someone accidentally released a 266-page report on hundreds of sites in the US for stockpiling and storing hazardous nuclear materials for civilian use. While some ex-officials and experts don't find it to be a serious breach, the Federation of American Scientists are calling it a 'a one-stop shop for information on US nuclear programs.' The document contains information about Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia, and opinions seem to be split on whether it's a harmless list or terrorist risk. One thing is for sure: it was taken down after the New York Times inquired to the Government Accountability Office about it."

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  1. jesus by ilblissli · · Score: 4, Interesting

    how in the hell have there been so many serious leaks like this recently? why is no one being held accountable?

    1. Re:jesus by notarockstar1979 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I can only answer one of those. There are so many serious leaks because people aren't being held accountable. Hang someone in the public square for it (figuratively) and make an example of them. Others will secure their data pretty quickly.

  2. Re:"for civilian use" by vivaoporto · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The point of terrorism is to create terror, not necessarily by killing people or destroying large infrastructures. A single attack on a civilian nuclear facility, even if it didn't destroy or damage anything sensitive, could be enough to fuel the opponents of nuclear power and set the nuclear energy industry on the USA 50 more years back.

  3. Re:"for civilian use" by vivaoporto · · Score: 4, Interesting

    although I'm sure it would be back to normal once people had forgotten about it.

    Not really. The Three Mile Island accident was a mild, harmless incident in a nuclear energy facility but it is still used by nuclear energy opponents to denounce the "harms and perils" of the nuclear power.

  4. DOE ....Thanks for update... by FirstOne · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A quick scan of the .pdf file indicates..

    Prototype Sodium cooled Fast reactor is wayyy off in the distant future 2020-2030 depending on funding. (Joint project with France and Japan.)

    No projects involving thorium are on the drawing board.
    A couple of projects involving reprocessing spent fuel.

    That indicates that Nuclear power industry will likely be SOL by the end of the century, as the higher grade U-ore depsoits are mined out.