nuclear-news

Dangerous 81 year old anti nuclear nun on the loose again!

Judge releases nun who broke into U.S. nuclear bomb facility By Preston Peeden  and by Mary Wisniewski; KNOXVILLE, Tennessee  Aug 3, 2012   (Reuters) – A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered the release pending trial of an 82-year-old nun and another anti-nuclear activist charged with breaching security fences at one of the most sensitive U.S. nuclear facilities, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where weapons-grade
uranium is kept.

The security failure was an embarrassment for the National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA, the Energy Department branch that operates U.S. nuclear weapons plants, and for the international security firm G4S, which owns WSI Oak Ridge, the contractor responsible for protecting the facility….

. At a hearing in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Kirby
argued that all three should remain in custody. “This is a crime of violence,” Kirby said.

But U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley ruled the threat of
violence was low and decided to release Rice, who according to her
attorney has a thyroid and heart condition and has not been receiving
her medication. The judge also released Walli. Both were given travel
and other restrictions, and will stay at a private residence in
Knoxville while court proceedings continue, according to defense
attorneys.

Boertje-Obed waived his right to a defense attorney and will remain in
detention.

All three defendants appeared in grey, striped prison clothes with
orange plastic shoes, handcuffs, and leg manacles. Rice appeared frail
and was suffering from hypothermia, according to her attorney, Francis
Lloyd, Jr., who draped his coat over her. Court was recessed to allow
time to find a space heater and a blanket for Rice……….
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/04/us-usa-security-nuclear-idUSBRE87300K20120804

August 4, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general