Protesters Stroll Into Uranium Plant
"Fort Knox" for weapons uranium not so fort-y
Officials like to refer to the Y-12 National Security Complex as the Fort Knox for the highly enriched uranium used in nuclear weapons.
That's why an unprecedented incursion last month by an 82-year-old nun and two fellow protesters has critics mocking the notion that the weapons plant is secure.
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Caught with their pants down? Big surprise, that.
Didn't this happen weeks ago?
Mid August, yes.
I just saw some PBS online thingie about how that old Cold War factory became the big security trainers for the whole SWAT-ish world after 9/11.
Not mid-August, over 3 weeks ago in July.