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Heard on the news this morning.
They said plutonium and highly enriched uranium appears at risk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
From the link...........snipped
Rep. Christopher Shays' committee will hold a hearing today. The Energy Department has nuclear materials in at least seven major weapons sites across the nation, but Livermore is closer to a major metropolitan area than the others.
The bomb-making materials at Livermore have received particular attention, based on concerns about the site's vulnerabilities. The materials are kept in a fenced area known as the Superblock, situated near a residential tract.
Unlike the security forces at other weapons sites, Livermore's personnel do not have certain high-powered weapons, door-breaching explosives or helicopters to defend the site. Superblock is packed into the dense Livermore complex, making it tougher to defend than remote facilities, security experts said.
The most serious concern is that a highly trained suicide terrorist team could penetrate Superblock or any Energy Department site and construct a crude bomb known as an improvised nuclear device.
During a 2002 Senate hearing, Energy Department weapons experts estimated that a bomb with a yield of one-kiloton could be built in minutes by terrorists once they gained access to the materials. Such a bomb would destroy the lab, the surrounding city and cause tens of thousands of casualties, the experts warned.
The bomb-making materials at Livermore have received particular attention, based on concerns about the site's vulnerabilities. The materials are kept in a fenced area known as the Superblock, situated near a residential tract.
Unlike the security forces at other weapons sites, Livermore's personnel do not have certain high-powered weapons, door-breaching explosives or helicopters to defend the site. Superblock is packed into the dense Livermore complex, making it tougher to defend than remote facilities, security experts said.
The most serious concern is that a highly trained suicide terrorist team could penetrate Superblock or any Energy Department site and construct a crude bomb known as an improvised nuclear device.
During a 2002 Senate hearing, Energy Department weapons experts estimated that a bomb with a yield of one-kiloton could be built in minutes by terrorists once they gained access to the materials. Such a bomb would destroy the lab, the surrounding city and cause tens of thousands of casualties, the experts warned.
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And let's not forget the missing keys story earlier this year.
What's up with NJ and truck accidents?
MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN NEW JERSEY
(New Jersey-WABC, April 27, 2004) — New Jersey commuters beware! You are going to have a rough commute this morning because of truck accidents on two major roadways.
Around 6:00 a.m., there was an overturned tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in Paterson, NJ.
This accident happened about 4:30 a.m. this morning on the westbound side of Route 80, which is just east of Route 19. The tractor-trailer is completely turned over on its side and hanging over the highway divider.
As a result of this accident, the eastbound lanes of Route 80 are subject to closure while crews try to get this tractor-trailer up righted. So as it stands now, there is only one lane open on the westbound side of the road while the eastbound side is completely shutdown.
Meanwhile, if you are thinking about Route 78 as an alternate, there is another problem between exits 43 and 44. This is where a truck slammed into an overpass. The accident is causing delays for about a mile in both directions. Commuters should be prepared for some significant delays on this roadway.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/traffic/wabc_042704_njtraffic.html
Oh great, they need to publicize this to such an extent? They might as well have just provided the mapquest directions for the terrorists.