Activists urge court to order new study of terrorist attack on DOE weapons lab

摘要

Apart from researching cutting-edge energy technologies andnnuclear weapons, the Energy Department’s Lawrence LivermorenNational Laboratory also studies how to defend against biologicalnattacks — an area that has sparked controversy and lawsuits fromnthe community around the Northern California lab.nThat controversy heated up last week, with local activists takingnDOE to court once again in an effort to force the agency to morenthoroughly examine the potential harm that could come from a terroristnattack on the facility.