[at-l] NYTimes on Erwin, TN Uranium Spill

[Jan Leitschuh]

Secrecy Shrouds Accident at Nuclear Plant
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070607L.shtml

The New York Times reports that Nuclear Fuel Services of Erwin, Tennessee, "a
factory that makes uranium fuel for nuclear reactors had a spill so bad that it 
kept the plant closed for seven months last year and became one of only three incidents
in all of 2006 serious enough for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to include in
an annual report to Congress. After an investigation, the commission changed the
terms of the factory's license and said that the public had 20 days to request
a hearing on the changes. But no member of the public ever did. In fact, no member
of the public could find out about the changes. The document describing them, including
the notice of hearing rights for anyone who felt adversely affected, was stamped
"official use only."