WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached security fences, government officials said on Thursday.
U.s. Nuclear Bomb Facility Shut After Security Breach
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Fri, 08/03/2012 - 4:56am
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