Pelindaba Nuclear FacilityFrom The Washington Post:
Yearly Study Offers Agenda for New Administration
When armed men attacked South Africa's most closely guarded nuclear facility a year ago, they penetrated the detection systems at the perimeter, cut through an electrified fence and broke into the emergency control center, shooting one worker there in the chest before escaping.
The Pelindaba facility holds hundreds of pounds of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium. Although the attackers last November did not steal any of it, the assault highlights what a new report describes as the increasingly global challenge of keeping nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terrorists.
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My Comment: With the world financial crisis continuing .... paying money for nuclear security is at the bottom of the priority list for all countries right now.