SEJ Urges Nuclear Regulatory Commission To Improve Openness

June 30, 2010–SEJ's comments included suggesting the NRC lose the "minders" that babysit agency people while they talk to reporters and asking that the NRC press operation do its job of keeping reporters and the public apprised of real news.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Calls for Input on Openness

January 13, 2010–Secrecy News reports the NRC, responding to a Dec. 2009 White House OMB directive, has asked the public what information it should post online and how else it might improve transparency and collaboration with the public.

At Los Alamos, Secrecy Is the Opposite of Safety

November 4, 2009–The U.S. Department of Energy scrambles to delay a report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board about a significant threat of radiation release from Los Alamos National Laboratory, a citizen watchdog group discovered.

IG Finds Former NRC Commissioner Hid Ethics Violations

November 4, 2009–The Project on Government Oversight used FOIA to get reports and documents from an NRC Inspector General's investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield.

Toolbox: Homeland Security Daily Infrastructure Report

July 15, 2009–Reporters interested in following the hazards of dams, refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, and other infrastructure may find story leads in DHS reports.

List of Nuclear Sites Released in Flub

June 3, 2009–The Government Printing Office web site apparently took down the publication after discovery of the mistake -- but the entire report is still available on the site of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.

AREVA Bans Pens, Cameras, Recorders at SEJ's Lynchburg Nuclear Tour

November 20, 2008–AREVA, the world's largest builder of nuclear reactors, banned pens, recorders and cameras during a field trip to the company's Lynchburg facilities organized by SEJ during its 2008 annual meeting held in Roanoke, VA.

DOE Releases Nuke-Building Environmental Impact Statement

October 29, 2008–In the waning months of the Bush administration, the push for nuclear energy continues.

Pressure Mounts To Fix Old Uranium Sites

November 7, 2007–One of those problem areas is the thousands of old mines that were dug to extract uranium ore. During the era from the 1940s to the 1980s when most were excavated, many were simply abandoned when they played out or the economic incentives changed. Radioactivity now contaminates many sources of human and environmental exposure.

TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL

October 17, 2007–A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.