Do you believe that US nuclear secrets were accidentally leaked out?

July 21st, 2010 posted by admin


http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=96858&sectionid=3510203

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/us/03nuke.html

“Washington has published a document containing details of the precise whereabouts of hundreds of its nuclear sites as well as fuel storage areas for its nuclear weapons stockpiles, allegedly by accident.

The 266-page report marked “highly confidential” was released on Monday in an online newsletter for issues of federal secrecy, raising fears among nuclear experts who cited security hazards.”

“The revealed document includes many particulars about nuclear programs and facilities at Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia nuclear weapons laboratories, as well as dozens of other federal and private nuclear sites.

An attached map further illustrates the exact location of laboratories’ tube vaults — cylinders embedded in concrete with a capacity of up to 44 tons of highly enriched uranium in 200 tubes each.”

“A number of experts downplayed the dangers of the disclosure, arguing that the general outlines of the most sensitive information were already known publicly.

Others, however, expressed serious concerns that the disclosure of the sites where nuclear fuel is stored could provide thieves or terrorists with the information they need to seize the material.”

How secure are we, under this administration?

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