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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Supreme Court petition seeks oversight for atomic agency
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMore than 100 Israelis file a petition to the Supreme Court calling for legislation to ensure oversight of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission.
“The most hazardous industrial complex in the country operates in secrecy, without public control, oversight or even under the law,” the petitioners state, according to a press release from the Israeli Disarmament Movement. “The present situation is dangerous.”
Sharon Dolev, the head of the Israeli Disarmament Movement, slams “the ambiguity typifying the work of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission,” adding that “broadening [its work] into aspects pertaining to citizens’ health and security, the dangers deriving from the condition of the aging reactor, and long-term environmental hazards is totally unjustified.”
The Times of Israel Community.