SECRECY FOILS PROBERS OF URANIUM LOSS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400060007-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 3, 1978
• Content Type: NSPR

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uranimaj-,an Loss
By Johrt J. FIalka
vashin;ta?Starstaff Writer -
After a year of digging into- the
largest unexplained loss of bomb-
grade uranium in U.S. history, inves-
tigators say they have been unable to -
penetrate the layers of secrecy sur-
rounding the 13-year-old case.
Rep. Morris K. Udall;: D'Ariz.,
chairman of the House Interior. Com-?
mittee, who swore in July, 19.77 "to'
get to the bottom" of the events sur-
rounding the- disappearance of ?0&__
pounds. of'? highly enriched uranium
from a plant at Apollo, Pa., admitted
yesterday he's having a hard time
getting there..
In response to- a? letter from: an
environmental group, the .. Natural
Resources Defense Council,.- assert-
ing that Udall's staff has failed to
"aggressively pursue" the investiga-..
Lion, he ticked off a number of diffi-
culties,. including the fact that his
staffers. despite security clearances,
continue to have difficulty gaining
access to classified materials on the
matter. . - - .
"IT CONTINUES to be that many
people wish the matter would be left=
to rest," said Udall.
Despite-the roadblocks.; the. staff
apparently' has unearthed enough
evidence- to. convince Udall that the-
nuclear material enough to make
11 small weapons -- was diverted or
stolen, rather. than lost in' various
waste processes as claimed by the
company, and. the.- Atomic Energy
Comm ission-`':
Ina recent interview with the Brit