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Nuclear security urgently reviewed after Sellafield is found to be vulnerable to terrorists


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:16:01 -0600 (CST)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2010/12/16/nuclear-security-urgently-reviewed-after-sellafield-is-found-to-be-vulnerable-to-terrorists-115875-22786725/

By James Lyons
Daily Mirror 
16/12/2010

Special forces carrying out “red team exercises” to test­security at 
high-profile targets are thought to have exposed flaws.

A 118 million GBP bunker capable of storing enough material to build 
thousands of nuclear bombs has just been built at the Cumbrian plant.

The policing watchdog, in consultation with MI5, will now carry out a 
review to boost protection of the site, to prevent a “terrorist 
spectacular”.

But the findings will only be circulated among a group of police chiefs, 
ministers and spooks.

[...]

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