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Nuke security lacking

Nuke security lacking – The Great Beyond  by Eric Hand April 16, 2009   Another day, another security lapse at one of the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons labs.The Government Accountability Office is reporting yet again that there are security lapses in the complex, this time at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, near San Francisco.LLNL is one of three DOE national labs that designs, handles and stores nuclear weapons. It also maintains stores of plutonium and enriched uranium.Investigators found 13 specific deficiencies in the security force employed to counteract a terrorist attack……………….

The Great Beyond: Nuke security lacking

April 17, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive