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The U.S. government’s only facility for handling, processing, and storing weapons-grade
uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear activists, including an
82-year-old nun, breached security fences, government officials said on
Thursday.
WSI Oak Ridge, the contractor responsible for protecting the facility at Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, is owned by the international security firm G4S, which was at the center of a dispute over security at the London Olympic Games.
Officials said the facility was shut down on Wednesday at least until next
week after three activists cut through perimeter fences to reach the outer wall
of a building where highly enriched uranium, a key nuclear bomb component, is
stored …. http://www.sodahead.com
2012-08-09 00:49:44
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2012/08/octogenarian-nun-breaches-nuclear.html