Yucca e-mails bring no charges

[NVMojo]

Be watching, state Repukes are amping up to get Yucca approved for nuke storage as Bush and cronies scramble for nuke energy.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. attorney's office in Nevada will not pursue criminal charges over allegations that scientists falsified documents at Yucca Mountain, concluding the activities "did not meet the level of criminality," the Energy Department's chief inspector said Tuesday.

Prosecutors indicated they "could not show intent" to commit crimes, said Gregory Friedman, DOE inspector general. The case involved e-mails in which workers expressed disdain for quality assurance procedures on the nuclear waste project.

Evidence focused on e-mails in which hydrologists wrote about making up dates and names, using "fudge factors" and keeping multiple sets of notebooks, one to keep auditors happy and one for themselves.

Friedman said that barring new information, he planned to close his office's investigation on the case, which exploded a year ago in March when the e-mails were revealed.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-26-Wed-2006/news/7052488.html

[maddezmom]

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