Why I think this isn't in the news
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information from the Associated Press (AP) on March 16.
The AP is a not-for-profit cooperative, which means it is owned by its 1,500 U.S. daily newspaper members. AP serves 1,700 newspapers and 5,000 radio and television outlets in the United States as well as newspaper, radio and television subscribers internationally.
The AP sent 3 requests:
1. access to and copies of all communications between the NRC, the Department of Energy, GE Energy and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy pertaining to the Japanese nuclear incidents caused by the March II earthquake and tsunami.
2. access to and copies of all
internal communications within the NRC (including its chairman, four commissioners and their staff
members) pertaining to the Japanese nuclear incidents caused by the March II earthquake and tsunami.
3. access to and copies of all communications between the NRC and government counterparts in Japan pertaining to the Japanese nuclear incidents caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The statute requires that NRC respond within 20 business days to the request. In unusaul circumstances, the NRC could extend that time by an additional 10 business days to give themselves time to collect the information requested.
Yesterday was business day 30, which should have meant that even with the 10 day extension, NRC should have provided all the information ro AP. But they didn't.
All of those newspapers, radio stations, and tv stations that depend on AP for their news are not able to provide accurate information until the NRC releases the info. Right now, NRC is in violation of the statute for not complying with the 30 day maximum law.
Do you believe the HYPOCRISY
Do you believe the HYPOCRISY OF NRC ?!?!?!
This is what NRC stated when Japanese gov ...
"...if we had a similar type of event in the U.S., we certainly would like to be providing a lot more information to the public."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/03/972756/-TEPCO-discovery-of-Fuku...
Overwhelmed?
What if they have been inundated with FOIA requests and there are thousands and thousands of pages of documents to be released, but not enough staff to get 'er done?
They only have to get the
They only have to get the info together once. They can post it online for everybody else (unless somebody requested hard copies).
Your taxes
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And look at where a BILLION dollars of your tax money is scheduled to go:
http://www.nei.org/publicpolicy/congressionaltestimony/april-7-2011/
...sure they'd be providing
...sure they'd be providing more info to the public (sarcasm). They won't even release the info they already have. I find it incredible that they can withhold such important information and there's no consequences.
Still no news on this? It's
Still no news on this? It's been way more than 30 days already.
Still nothing. I guess the
Still nothing. I guess the NRC has no intentions on releasing the information - which is sad since they're the government agency who would be privy to all things related to this nuclear accident.
The AP has a policital
The AP has a policital agenda as well. It may be owned by paper and radio members, but it isn't run collectively, and it has actually veered to the right in recent years. Also, we used to have newspapers and television news departments in this country that were independently owned and run for the purpose of disseminating real news and doing investigative journalism. That's dead in this country now, with the exception of a few journalists at a few pepers (notably tne NY Times). Remember Woodward and Bernstein? The Wash Post at that time was owned by an individual not a corporation. Back in the day of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow, television news departments were actually run independently of the rest of the network. Not anymore. And now with media consolidation, companies like GE and Time Warner own all of the major news outlets in the country It used to be in this country that journalists were encouraged to investigate and were supported by the higher ups in delivering real news to the American people. Now news organizations are infotainment, and worse, propoganda to serve corporate interests. This is just a fact and why intelligent people increasingly are turning away from traditional news outlets and seeking out information online.
Thomas Jefferson said that free and independent newspapers were a critical element of democracy. It's one of the reasons it's in the Bill of Rights. There's no way that a democracy can survive when people don't have access to the truth. And right now the utter lack of information about what's happening in the world, and the vast number of "low information voters" who make decisions based on television and radio advertisements paid for by corporations is wrecking our democracy.
I have no reason to believe
I have no reason to believe that the AP has an agenda. I've found them to be one of the most credible sources out there.
http://bigjournalism.com/wthu
http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2010/06/17/ap-bias-name-that-party-bla...
What's the source for this?
What's the source for this?
Here are the 3 FOIA requests
Here are the 3 FOIA requests submitted to NRC (the first 3 on the list). I noticed that they hadn't gotten a response on the web site and I contacted AP to see if they got the info yet. They confirmed that they hadn't gotten it yet. . http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/japan-foia-info.html
Have you seen the reply to
Have you seen the reply to the request by The Wall Street Journal?
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1108/ML11080A059.pdf
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1108/ML110890624.pdf
"No Agency records subject to the request have been located"
You gotta be kidding me.
wow
wow
I didn't even notice that!
I didn't even notice that! The Wall Street Journal asked for radiation-emissions for all stations collected in Japan and got a response that no records were located! Seriously, the NRC doesn't have ANY radiation reports for Japan? Even the lamest newspapers have SOMETHING for -radiation emissions in Japan.
Talk about a cover-up!
Foia proccess
http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/foia-tip-6—foia-process-in-a-nutshell/
Great info on the whole process with a chart take a look...
gosh, that sounds terrible.
gosh, that sounds terrible. They are hiding something! These criminals!
It does look like they're
It does look like they're trying to delay the release of information for some reason or another.
I'm not familiar with FOIA
I'm not familiar with FOIA process. What happens next if the NRC fails to comply?
It's a delay tactic and
It's a delay tactic and presumably, they will have to go to court--which means a long delay. The AP investigative arm is pretty decent--they have revealed prescription drugs in drinking water (which the EPA/FDA did not know), and other important citizen's concerns. In essence, the longer one waits for the data, the more the public urgency wanes, and thus the value. Especially with this critical, life-negatimwiaing issue.
I'm not sure.
I'm not sure.