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September 1, 2003

U.S. Government Accountability Office report to Congress () identifying weakness in NRC simulation “Force-On-Force” security exercises at nuclear power station.

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June 1, 2003

Great Lakes United Resolution on Nuclear Installation Safety and Security,

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April 19, 2003

“Lessons learned” from 1979 Gorleben, Germany decisions on high-level nuclear waste storage given the threats of terrorism and sabotage to U.S. high-density irradiated nuclear fuel storage pools, memo by Dr. Gordon Thompson of Institute for Resource and Security Studies,

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January 1, 2003

Nuclear Monitor article () focuses on US Nuclear Regulatory Commission denies NIRS et al security contentions at re-licensed nuclear power stations citing terrorism as “speculative.”

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January 1, 2003

Full report of “Robust Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Neglected Issue of Homeland Security”, Institute for Resource and Security Studies () focuses on the vulnerability of irradiated fuel stored at the nation’s nuclear power stations to terrorism and what we can do about it.

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January 1, 2003

Executive Summary of “Robust Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Neglected Issue of Homeland Security”, Institute for Resource and Security Studies () focuses on the vulnerability of irradiated fuel stored at the nation’s nuclear power stations to terrorism and what we can do about it.

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December 17, 2002

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Order () issued denying State of Utah the right to raise security contentions in a nuclear licensing proceeding on Private Fuel Storage. Order cites terrorism as too “speculative” to be considered under any public hearing as required under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Order was separately applied to three other NRC licensing proceedings including security contentions raised by NIRS in the Duke Power license extension application for the Catawba and McGuire nuclear power stations.

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October 22, 2001

NEIS paper on reactor security,

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October 16, 2001

NIRS letter to NRC Chairman Meserve on NRC website shutdown,

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September 11, 2001

Committee to Bridge the Gap filed a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM-73-12) to NRC, as posted to this page, in request of requiring nuclear power stations to significantly upgrade their Design Basis Threat (DBT) to include raising physical obstructions around reactors and their critical structures to shield the sites from aircraft attack. The petition also seeks to raise nuclear site security response capabilities to repel at minimum 19 attackers or the equivalent force used on against U.S. targets. Over 700 comments, largely in support of the petition for rulemaking were received by NRC and will be posted to http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/rulemake?source=ctbg_prm&st=petitions-a including comments by NIRS and the combined comments of seven State Attorneys General for Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, and Wisconsin. Additionally, the Attorney General from Delaware filed support comments.

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