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U.S. Response II: Ridge Supports Private Nuclear Plant Guards Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Sunday that he opposes federalizing nuclear power plant security guards (see GSN, Dec. 7, 2001). The federal government’s role in nuclear power plant security should be setting plant security standards, Ridge said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “There is a role here for the federal government,” Ridge said, “[but] those who own the nuclear power plants have to provide [security].” Legislation has been introduced in the U.S Senate that would federalize all nuclear power plant security forces. The nuclear energy industry and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Meserve have opposed the bill (see GSN, Jan. 18). Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.), one of the sponsors of the legislation, said Friday that he plans to continue to push for its passage (Associated Press/New York Times, Feb. 3).
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