Nuclear site ends security contract following nun's break-in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government's "Fort Knox" of weapons-grade
uranium storage has ended a contract with a unit of an international
security firm two months after an 82-year-old nun and other nuclear
activists broke into the site.

The managing contractor at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, site, B&W Y-12, a
unit of Babcock & Wilcox Co, said late on Friday it will terminate the
contract with WSI Oak Ridge on October 1. WSI is owned by security firm
G4S, which was at the center of a dispute over security at this year's
London Olympic Games.

The move came after the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),
an Energy Department agency, sent a letter on Friday to B&W Y-12
President Charles Spencer saying it had "grave concerns" about his
company and WSI providing security at Y-12, the nation's only site for
storing and processing weapons-grade uranium.

The nun, Megan Rice, and two others cut perimeter fences to reach the
outer wall of a building where enriched uranium was stored. The site was
shut temporarily after the breach.

An investigation by the Energy Department's inspector general last month
found a security camera had been broken for about six months and was
part of a backlog of repairs needed for security at the facility.
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Gotta watch out for those 82-year-old nuns...nothing can stop them.