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Mock Terrorists Reach Nuclear Bomb Material in U.S. Facility Drill
http://news.yahoo.com/mock-terrorists-reach-nuclear-bomb-material-u-facility-140206187.html
Mock Terrorists Reach Nuclear Bomb Material in U.S. Facility Drill
Global Security Newswire Staff August 2, 2013
Energy Department personnel pretending to be terrorists reached a substance representing nuclear-weapon fuel after they fought through defenses in a January exercise at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Project on Government Oversight reported last week.
Targets in a series of "force-on-force" exercises conducted at the facility included the H-Canyon Complex, which can contain up to several tons of weapon-usable uranium and plutonium, according to unspecified sources cited by the watchdog group.
The DOE Savannah River Office rejected a Freedom of Information Act request by POGO staff for unclassified findings from the drills, arguing that the materials still "contain sensitive security information."
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Mock Terrorists Reach Nuclear Bomb Material in U.S. Facility Drill
Global Security Newswire Staff August 2, 2013
Energy Department personnel pretending to be terrorists reached a substance representing nuclear-weapon fuel after they fought through defenses in a January exercise at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Project on Government Oversight reported last week.
Targets in a series of "force-on-force" exercises conducted at the facility included the H-Canyon Complex, which can contain up to several tons of weapon-usable uranium and plutonium, according to unspecified sources cited by the watchdog group.
The DOE Savannah River Office rejected a Freedom of Information Act request by POGO staff for unclassified findings from the drills, arguing that the materials still "contain sensitive security information."
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