Fox, henhouse, and -- a mushroom cloud?!?

So the world is a different place after 9/11, right? Put this item in the file marked "The more things change, the more they stay the same": the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is allowing the nuclear power industry's lobby to create the mock terrorist attack teams used to test nuclear plant security. Find out more in this letter to the NRC from POGO. The Government Accountability Office testified that there are other reasons to believe the NRC is failing to protect the public. The NRC has visited only four or five plants to inspect security plans; for all the others, it is relying on simple check-list forms submitted by nuclear power plant owners. If you want to hold the government accountable for not keeping us safe, good luck: the NRC has removed most information about terrorism preparedness from its website.
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