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Security Breach Closes U.S. Nuclear Bomb Facility

The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after three anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached four security fences, government officials said on Thursday.

The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after three anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached four security fences, government officials said on Thursday. The facility will remained closed until next week while officials investigate.
 

Brian Peteritas is a GOVERNING contributor.