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http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Savannah-River-Site-322079422.html
UPDATE| Potential security threat in progress at SRS, site closed to incoming traffic
Updated: Mon 4:00 PM, Aug 17, 2015
By: Staff
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Monday, August 17, 2015
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW) -- According to the Savannah River site, a potential security threat is in progress that has caused emergency response. SRS says site barricades are closed to incoming traffic. According to SRS, there is no indication of any threat outside of the SRS boundaries.
News 12 has a crew on the way and will update you with more information as it comes.
Monday, August 17, 2015
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW) -- Aiken County Sheriff's Office confirms SRS is on lockdown. The Sheriff's Office says no one is allowed in or out of the facility. At this moment, we do not know the reason for the lockdown.
News 12 is sending a crew and will update you as soon as we know more information. ...........
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UPDATE| Potential security threat in progress at SRS, site closed to incoming traffic (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2015
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Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)1. I sincerely hope this is an 85 year old nun with some spray paint.
Well, not for her sake, but for everyone else's.
Thanks for posting.
H2O Man
(73,561 posts)4. Yep.
jpak
(41,758 posts)2. FYI - SRS hosts mothballed plutonium production reactors and large quantities of rad-waste
n/t
jpak
(41,758 posts)3. Bomb sniffing dogs alerted on a truck
http://nbc26.tv/2015/08/17/lock-down-at-srs-bomb-squad-investigating-truck/
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. The Savannah River Site is on lock down Monday afternoon after bomb-sniffing dogs alerted on a truck coming in to restock vending machines around H Area.
According to sources within SRS, all vehicles coming into the area are checked by bomb-sniffing dogs. In this incident, one of the dogs detected something. Bomb squads have been called in to check as a precaution. The site is currently closed to incoming traffic.
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Reports also came in about a disturbance at Plant Vogtle. NBC 26 contacted Plant Vogtle, and have confirmed that there is no threat at that plant.
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AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. The Savannah River Site is on lock down Monday afternoon after bomb-sniffing dogs alerted on a truck coming in to restock vending machines around H Area.
According to sources within SRS, all vehicles coming into the area are checked by bomb-sniffing dogs. In this incident, one of the dogs detected something. Bomb squads have been called in to check as a precaution. The site is currently closed to incoming traffic.
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Reports also came in about a disturbance at Plant Vogtle. NBC 26 contacted Plant Vogtle, and have confirmed that there is no threat at that plant.
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MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)5. Update?
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)6. All clear.