Yucca data allegedly falsified

WASHINGTON -- Employees of the U.S. Geological Survey who were revisiting scientific study on the key issue of water flow at Yucca Mountain allegedly falsified research documents, an Energy Department review of employee e-mails revealed.

Department officials discovered the e-mails as part of a massive review of millions of program document pages in preparation for submitting an application for a license to construct Yucca. "Multiple" e-mails written between May 1998 and March 2000 indicate that a U.S. Geological Survey employee fabricated documentation of his work, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday. read on