OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials like to refer to the Y-12 National Security Complex as the Fort Knox for highly enriched uranium, which is why an unprecedented incursion by an 82-year-old nun and two fellow protesters has critics mocking the notion that the weapons plant is secure.
Operations resumed last week after being shut down over the embarrassing incident 18 days earlier. The Department of Energy has called on the contractor that runs the sensitive facility just west of Knoxville to explain why it shouldn’t be replaced.
Y-12 makes uranium parts for every warhead in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, dismantles old weapons and is the nation’s primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium.
5 comments:
every day their testing our security
They were allowed in.The choice was to enable harmless individuals in & claim a breach occurred.Those guys have been begging for a new system,even though their superiors think the existing system is state of the art.I can understand why they want the upgrade.The safety of our planet is at stake,literally.83 yearold nun & co just happened along at the perfect time.A requisition for a new system would not work because of a tight budget,but a breach of any sort does the trick.
8:11 PM
Ok that makes sence.
OK and now the whole world knows where this place is.
So, a question for all you Nazi-loving, the government-knows-whats best, hell clicking yes men --- a drunk on a jet ski penetrates a BILLION dollar security sytem and the police and security DON'T EVEN KNOW IT until an aircraft baggage loader lets them know. Now an 82 year old NUN "breaches security" at one of the (supposedly) most secure areas in our country. Question-- do you still think all that money, time, and manpower was well spent on protecting us against the "boogeyman" you've been trained to fear? Or was it just an excuse to rake in BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars to enrich (here we go again) the CEO's of Raytheon, GE, and Haliburton? Because it sounds like Mickey Mouse (and he isn't even REAL) could slip in and do some SERIOUS damage.
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