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(January 31, 2002) U.S. intelligence agencies have issued an internal alert that Islamic terrorists are planning another spectacular attack to rival those carried out on September 11. Continue reading →

(January 30, 2002) US President says terrorists had diagrams of nuclear power plants; NRC must move now on major upgrade of security against attack. Continue reading →

(January 24, 2002) Security requirements for plants like Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island have barely changed since the 1970s. About 6 p.m. on October 17, five weeks after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, officials at the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) telephoned the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some chilling information. The intelligence community had intercepted a “credible” threat against the reactor. Continue reading →

(January 23, 2002) Information assessment team advisory update for power reactors, non-power reactors, decommissioning reactors, category I and III fuel facilities, independent spent fuel storage installations, and large material licenses. Continue reading →

(January 21, 2002) The question immediately arose on September 11 and has persisted: As horrific as the terrorist attacks were, what might have happened if the terrorists who seized jumbo jets and used them as weapons against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had aimed them at nuclear power plants instead? And if more attacks are likely, as government officials have said, are nuclear facilities on the terrorist target list? Continue reading →

(January 13, 2002) The Project on Government Oversight investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemic abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience by the federal government to powerful special interests. Continue reading →