Break-In At Uranium Storage Facility, Questions Oversight Overhaul

Reuters reported after a break-in at a uranium storage facility in July 2012 in the United States, law makers are reconsidering oversight of nuclear weapons programs.

As quoted in the market news:

The facility is a major storage center for highly enriched uranium, a key component of nuclear bombs. The security breach at what was supposed to be one of the most secure facilities in the United States has raised new questions about a plan to overhaul oversight of nuclear laboratories and weapons plants.

An internal Energy Department watchdog found guards ignored motion sensors because they are routinely triggered by wildlife, and a security camera that should have shown the break-in had been broken for about six months.

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