NRC Continues Anti-Terrorism Tests

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Wednesday November 11 5:45 AM ET 

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has 
decided not to end a program designed to test security against 
terrorist attacks at nuclear power plants.  

The program, which was begun after the Gulf War in 1991, was 
quietly eliminated in September as part of a cost-cutting 
reorganization.  

But the elimination prompted sharp criticism from some of the 
security specialists at the NRC and - once it surfaced publicly -
from some members of Congress.

The NRC issued a statement late Tuesday saying NRC chief 
Shirley Jackson had directed the staff to reinstate the program 
immediately and resume security evaluations that had been 
scheduled previously at 11 nuclear reactor facilities.   

In an article Nov. 3, the Los Angeles Times reported that nearly a 
dozen NRC security officers, including some involved in the 
counterterrorist program, had filed written objections to the decision 
 to shut the program down. 

Sandy Perle
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