英语文摘：U.S. releases list of nuclear sites by mistake: report

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government, by mistake, released a highly confidential report containing a detailed list of hundreds of the nation's civilian nuclear sites and programs, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

    The mistake was revealed in a federal newsletter devoted to issues of state secrecy, and set off a debate among nuclear experts about what dangers, if any, the disclosures posed, according to the report.

    It also prompted a flurry of investigations in Washington into why the document had been made public.

    Some experts argued that any dangers from the disclosure were minimal, given that the general outlines of the most sensitive information were already known publicly.

    But David Albright, an analyst who tracks nuclear proliferation, said information that shows where nuclear fuels are stored "can provide thieves or terrorists inside information that can help them seize the material, which is why that kind of data is not given out."

    So far the reasons for the mistake remain a mystery.

将本页收藏到：
上一篇：英语文摘：GM, Chrysler say dealer cuts critical to survival
下一篇：英语文摘：Brazilian Air Force finds more debris from Flight 447

※相关链接※

• ·哪种语言最难学？外媒做了个排名，
• ·夏日炎炎吃西瓜：西瓜对健康居然有
• ·英语文摘:Xi, Putin to witness op
• ·英语文摘:China hits 400 mln vacc
• ·欧美文化:Feature: UK takes big s