Nuclear facilities are located closer to Americans’ everyday lives than they realize — and they are “particularly vulnerable to sabotage attack.”

A Pentagon-funded study done by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin depicts the frightening security weaknesses of the nation’s civilian nuclear research facilities, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

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