OUTGOING NRC MEMBER SAYS NUCLEAR REPORT WAS CENSORED

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: March 19, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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-CT g+ err'"""' THE WASHINGTON POST
PAGB 19 March 1982 F_
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Nuclear; Report was t,,ensoren
By William Chapman His--words were echoed by Rep.
rwrnr~.po.es.nw~w `~ Richard L Ottinger (D?NY.); who
A retiring member of the U.S. Nu- ; accused the admi trat ion of a
clear Regniatory Commiwiora yeeter- t . taawtic cover-ups', of inadequacies in
day accused the- executive branch of : the supeavision by the Internationd
wing information he-was tft~'Altamiic Eaargy Agency (IAEA).;
to give-Congress. about tlie. diversion ,, That agency haa,the duty undw
of nuclear material fraan * plants op- international igreemia- of inspect.
stated by faeeign oorgntries.:' : ing nuclear facilities in many corm-
Peter A.' Bradford told `a House .tries to determine .whether nuclear
Fjoreign Affaira& subcommittee that ,mateiia1 is being diverted to mak,
deletions were ordered in a classified atomic weapons. Its'powers are lie=
report be sought to give Congress. on ited: and numerous critics have said
nuclear safeguards shined:.: ~, .=its iennot "verify in man any : cases
H. did not identify which. agen-..war material is being diverted.-,`
ties censored his report but other.: c " Last September, the IAEA ac-
sources seid'they`wart the "Central".7mo9iledge publicly. that'it could not
IntelligenceAgent', . ands. the State... give assurances that nuclear material
Department.' .1 . 40. 'VW not being diverted from & resc-
Bradfad's term a~ipires officially "tor "irf Pakistan, adding to interns.
in June, but be left the NRC yester- bond suspicions that that country is
day with a final,bestabout what he'- etrivarg; for atomic weapons That
called 10"afty and self-deiuaioa" in episode touched off a con al'
the. inteurnational : su~erirision . of, nu drive, for ~i}n~formation aid. requeets,
car facilities.. -that the NRC 4490 the ad
Congress' ability to decide wheth- query of the IAEA safeguards
er international` safeguards are ad- The U.S. repreeentative...to tM
equate, he said,:."is eurrentlyr being ; IAEA, Richard-"T.. Kennedv.denied
severaly undercut by the quality and gar's charge.af a "cover-up" but
untimeliness of the information pro- did 'n(t ,directly refute 'Bradford's
vided to you ' front the - 'executive " claim that portions. of his response
branch.",......... :..:: ::. , _ ~ to,
wane ardered deleted: )
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