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US sensitive nuke documents leaked on internet

U.S. agencies responsible for nuclear data leak : GAO WASHINGTON   Dec 23, 2009  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several federal agencies share responsibility for the inadvertent publishing by a government office of sensitive U.S. nuclear power information on the Web last May, Congressional investigators said on Wednesday. The Government Printing Office published the 266-page document, which gave details on nuclear power sites, locations, facilities and activities, on the Web on May 7.

It included 14 diagrams of buildings or facilities at U.S. nuclear sites, two of which were marked “Official Use Only” and described activities at national laboratories.

None of the agencies that had prepared the draft document for the International Atomic Energy Association — the Departments of Energy and Commerce and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — had made sure it was marked with U.S. security designations, the Government Accountability Office said in a report about its investigation.

U.S. agencies responsible for nuclear data leak : GAO | Reuters

December 24, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | nuclear secrecy