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Government

Feb. 17, 2011

Nuclear Activists' Access to Information Curbed

Activists worried about a terrorist assault on the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant have no right to see sensitive government security information the 9th Circuit ruled.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Activists worried about a terrorist assault on PG&E Corp.'s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant have no right to see sensitive government security information and cannot compel officials to produce an Environmental Impact Statement on the effects of a potential attack, a federal appellate panel held Tuesday.


The 3-0 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a petition by the San Lu...

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