Man steals Uranium enrichment secrets

[utvol0427]

Don't know if anyone else heard about this, but a man stole Uranium enrichment secrets from Oak Ridge and tried to sell them to foreign countries.

Former Bechtel Jacobs contract worker charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets

 

[volsgal03]

that was on the news yesterday when I was at the doctors.

 

[TennTradition]

yeah...we've been discussing that some over in the politics forum...it ended up being discussed under the "The End of the Second World War - Part 1 of 6" thread.

 

[utvol0427]

yeah...we've been discussing that some over in the politics forum...it ended up being discussed under the "The End of the Second World War - Part 1 of 6" thread.

I'm always a day late and a dollar short.:hmm:

 

[TennTradition]

I'm always a day late and a dollar short.:hmm:

nah...I think the discussion needs to happen in a separate thread anyway. And, the pub is as good as a place as any for it...since it really isn't political.

 

[TennTradition]

This is a pretty good article from the Sentinel...

Man pleads not guilty to taking 'barriers' from ETTP to sell to French : Local News : Knoxville News Sentinel

Granted, I don't know everything the investigators know. But I would be willing to wager that the government is trumping this up a bit. Regardless, though, he pulled a stupid move.