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SANDIA PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY EVENT - Last month we reported that a December 7, 1996, scram at the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) went unreported to Sandia Laboratory management for 10 days, and that the Laboratory issued a press release on the event some seven weeks thereafter. Also reported was the apparent destruction of records of the event, and an investigation by the DOE enforcement staff.
Since that report, IFOE requested a copy of the occurrence report that should have been filed by Sandia for the DOE Occurrence and Reporting System (ORPS). IFOE was informed that the information in the ORPS was considered "proprietary".
In addition, IFOE researched the records available in the DOE Public Document Room for information on what the Secretary (or Acting Secretary) was told about the event. The only available information that was found were daily event reports to the Secretary (or Acting Secretary). No information on the December 7 scram was identified for the months of December, January, February and the middle of March. Moreover, no information on any events at Sandia were reported for about 100 consecutive days during the same period.
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