That's the big story here - no security. That nun isn't Chuck Norris so I hope the storage bunker is bit more secure now.
“Where the hell were the security guards?”
My thought was, if an 84 year old nun can reach weapon’s grade radioactive material, what about dedicated 20 year old Muslims who want to make a dirty bomb? Something is seriously wrong with security here. You’re right. The story here isn’t a peacenik nun. It’s the dreadful lack of security over potentially deadly material.
This sort of activism is awesomely dangerous. I recall animal rights terrorists who broke into a CDC lab and let all the animals loose. Some were infected with plague. Fortunately, the animals must have died before passing it on. But the potential for devastation is high.
Oh this was a HUGE deal. This was the infamous Y-12 breach. Lots of folks lost their jobs. There was lots of retraining. There was a change in the contractor that provided security at the national labs.
other than that.... crickets
Forget the guards. Whoever was in charge of the facility should have been fired immediately. But government official are never held personally responsible for anything that happens on their watch.