A newly declassified report by the National Academy of Sciences has found the government has failed to address the risk of hijacked planes flying into nuclear power plants. The report states, “There are currently no requirements in place to defend against the kinds of larger-scale, pre-meditated, skillful attacks that were carried out on September 11, 2001.” The National Academy is considered to be the country’s premier scientific body. The report was completed months ago but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had been attempting to keep the entire report classified. The report also states that federal secrecy edicts designed to keep information from would-be attackers were paradoxically hurting efforts to defend against such attacks.