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Guards replaced after Tennessee nuclear security breach By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON  Aug 6, 2012   (Reuters) – The Energy Department said on Monday it was replacing guards and supervisors on duty 10 days ago when three peace activists, including an 82 year-old nun, breached perimeter fences at the principal U.S. facility for storing weapons-grade enriched uranium….. The U.S. government both processes and stores enriched uranium at the Y-12 complex, which a senior official had previously touted as “the Fort Knox of uranium.”….

The building was designed
and built after the September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda attacks with special
features to withstand possible attacks by militants.

In a video which the NNSA posted on YouTube in 2010, Jason Hatfield,
billed as the “operations manager”, said: “This facility has been
called the Fort Knox of uranium. Our mission is to provide safe,
secure and efficient storage for highly-enriched uranium.”….
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/06/us-usa-nuclear-security-idUSBRE8751AM20120806

August 8, 2012 - Posted by | general

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