Basically, the information is what is reported to the IAEA. Why not just keep the reporting completely transparent and all the world can know where the USA stands on nuclear power and otherwise. It is not a military document. This is to allow the people of the USA to know exactly what is happening in their neighborhoods and the world to know the USA's capacity. It serves many, many purposes, EXCEPT, the purpose of making a mistake. This was no mistake.
Anybody for peace talks?
...The 266-page document was published on May 6 as a transmission from President Barack Obama to Congress. According to the document, the list was required by law and will be provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Some of the pages are marked "highly confidential safeguards sensitive."
Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the document had been reviewed by a number of U.S. agencies and that disclosure of the information did not jeopardize national security. He said the document is part of an agreement on nuclear material inspection under the IAEA's nuclear nonproliferation effort.
"While we would have preferred it not be released, the Departments of Energy, Defense, and Commerce and the NRC all thoroughly reviewed it to ensure that no information of direct national security significance would be compromised," LaVera said in a statement.Read more: "Government mistakenly publishes list of nuclear materials, sites; sensitive data was not classified....
