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The Prophets of Oak Ridge

How 3 Pacifists Broke into the Nuclear Sanctum

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The Prophets of Oak Ridge

By: Dan Zak, The Washington Post
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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In the summer of 2012, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the United States. A drifter, an 82-year-old nun, and a house painter. And if they had been terrorists armed with explosives, intent on mass destruction? That nightmare scenario underlies the government’s response to the intrusion.

The Prophets of Oak Ridge is the story of two competing worldviews, of conscience vs. court, of fantasy vs. reality, of history vs. the future.

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This was a well told story of acts of conscience. I doubt this presentation will change anyone’s mind, but it raises some good questions.

Acts of conscience

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Well-written and narrated discussion of 3 nuclear arms objectors and the issues raised by their 2012 break-in of the Y12 National Security Complex in Tennessee that manufactures nuclear weapons components.

Short but deep

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