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Savannah River Site on lockdown
WCSC ^ | Aug 17, 2015 | Amber Grigley

Posted on 08/17/2015 1:35:03 PM PDT by Gamecock

AIKEN, SC (WFXG) - According to Savannah River Site officials, a potential security event is in progress that has triggered emergency response activities at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site.

Site barricades are currently closed to incoming traffic. There is no indication of a consequence beyond the Savannah River Site boundaries.

WFXG has a reporter on the way and will update you as we learn


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 201508; doe; energydept; isolatedincidents; plutonium; savannah; savannahriver; srs; tritium
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1 posted on 08/17/2015 1:35:03 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

the new Rio Grande ???


2 posted on 08/17/2015 1:36:19 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Gamecock

I have worked at that site. I always wondered if it was vulnerable.


3 posted on 08/17/2015 1:37:09 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Gamecock

Aiken SC is just across the river from the Augusta Golf Course, home of the Masters. They better not screw that venue up.


4 posted on 08/17/2015 1:37:58 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: upchuck

SC Ping


5 posted on 08/17/2015 1:38:27 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Tennessee Nana

People fleeing the taxes of Georgia!


6 posted on 08/17/2015 1:38:45 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Gamecock
UPDATE: Dogs perked up when inspecting a vending machine supplier. Bomb squad coming to check it out. Source
7 posted on 08/17/2015 1:41:06 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Jan_Sobieski

My ex-wife worked as a Hanford Patrol officer in the 80’s and 90’s and they had all of the toys at their disposal. Even with their inside knowledge of the vulnerability of each installation they could not penetrate their own defenses during simulated incursions.


8 posted on 08/17/2015 1:43:40 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Gamecock

.... Probably some rotten food in the vending machine.


9 posted on 08/17/2015 1:43:58 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Gamecock

Nuclear clean up. What could go wrong with clean up?

Did they discover something they didn’t expect?


10 posted on 08/17/2015 1:44:36 PM PDT by xzins (Don't let others pay your share; reject Freep-a-Fare! Donate-https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Gamecock

For those of us in other parts of the country, what is the Savannah River Site?


11 posted on 08/17/2015 1:45:08 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: Ditter

Used to make our nukes.

Now they do nuclear research and cleanup.

Located in SC on the Savannah River, across from Augusta GA.


12 posted on 08/17/2015 1:47:52 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Gamecock

Uh oh!


13 posted on 08/17/2015 1:49:30 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: Gamecock

NBC26 TV

Truck coming in to restock vending machines apparently aggitated bomb-sniffing dogs.

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Southern Company, parent company for Georgia Power releases statement:

Monday, August 17, 2015

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW) — Southern Company, the parent company for Georgia Power who runs Plant Vogtle, released a statement saying:

“Southern Nuclear’s top priority remains the safety and health of the public and our employees. Nuclear energy facilities are the most secure civilian industrial facilities in the nation with many layers of security measures in place at each facility, which includes the security checkpoint at the entrance to our plant. We have no plans to make any changes to our current security measures.”


14 posted on 08/17/2015 1:57:05 PM PDT by TomGuy
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Next time, they need to seal their bomb in with Tyvek - three times.

You can beat the dogs, but you have to go the extra mile for the customer to do it.


15 posted on 08/17/2015 1:59:48 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Ditter

Near Savannah, GA


16 posted on 08/17/2015 2:04:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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What kind of candy do they have in the vending machines?


17 posted on 08/17/2015 2:04:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: TomGuy
Note to Georgia Power................

Feed your dogs a little more.

18 posted on 08/17/2015 2:07:15 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Gamecock

Well that is certainly Tom Clasny-ish...


19 posted on 08/17/2015 2:08:17 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

spooky, I just watched “The Sum of all Fears” that was the location of the nuclear material they used in the vending machine bomb at the stadium.


20 posted on 08/17/2015 2:17:41 PM PDT by russdawg
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