Why do the criteria contained in Attachment 2 to RIS 2005-31 allow information for some materials licensees to be protected from public disclosure while for others it remains publicly available?
The agency established screening criteria in attachment 2 to RIS 2005-31 based on the potential usefulness of information to terrorists in planning or carrying out attacks. However, this was not the NRC’s only consideration in determining whether to protect information. In SECY-04-0191, the NRC described a general approach to assessing whether information should be designated sensitive because it could be used by terrorists. In this approach, the NRC considered factors such as the possible threat, the consequences of an attack, the relationship of the information to security programs, and the availability of information from other sources. This approach was applied to materials licensees and led to information being withheld by some materials licensees while similar information is released by other materials licensees.
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