Mixed signals received on Test Site blast: DOE says it plans to go ahead w

[NVMojo]

June 20, 2006

Despite claims to the contrary, the planned detonation of 700 tons of chemical explosives at the Nevada Test Site is not quite dead.

In a U.S. District Court hearing conducted by telephone last week, government officials said they had no immediate plans to move forward with the fuel oil-ammonium nitrate explosion, and agreed to a stipulation that the earliest the test could go forward would be September. Designed to simulate an atomic-sized blast on underground structures, the explosion was originally scheduled for June 2 but has been postponed because of the court challenge.

Kevin Rohrer, an Energy Department spokesman working in Las Vegas, said Monday that his agency continues to work on the project: "We have not scrubbed it, canceled it, or whatever. We are still moving forward pending the outcome of the litigation."

In Washington, however, congressional members got conflicting information about the blast, leaving them with little insight into the Defense Department's intentions or schedule.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/jun/20/566673954.html

[1620rock]

1. Litigation?? what ever is holding up the test it's not litigation...

...the DOD and every other agency of this evil government is (as we all know,) is 'above the law'...litigation indeed...ha ha.

[Hotler]

2. Timing is everything you know. eom.