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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

U.S. Nuclear Complex Security Oversight Centralized

U.S. Nuclear Complex Security Oversight Centralized

from GSN Daily News
The Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. The National Nuclear Security Administration has acted to centralize oversight of nuclear-weapon security operations in response to a 2012 break-in at the nuclear arms facility, the agency's leader said on Wednesday (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig). By Diane Barnes
Global Security Newswire
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The United States is overhauling oversight of security at atomic arms facilities in light of last year's infiltration of a Tennessee site housing much of the nation's nuclear-bomb fuel, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/nnsa-chief/
Posted by Michele Kearney at 8:19 PM

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