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  • Thieves steal nuclear plant keys [UK]

    04/10/2002 8:27:12 AM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 8 replies · 349+ views
    Associated Newspapers via "This is London" ^ | April 3, 2002 | Justin Davenport, Crime Correspondent
    A blunder involving one of Britain's biggest nuclear and chemical research facilities has sparked a major security alert. Thieves stole keys and secret documents relating to labs at the Atomic Energy Plant at Harwell, Oxfordshire, after a key employee left his briefcase in his car in a station car park. The black attache case also contained evacuation plans for the research centre as well as phone numbers of senior personnel. A shortwave radio and mobile phone also went missing. The stolen keys are believed to have given access to highly sensitive areas at the base where nuclear and chemical materials...