Tag Archives: Megan Rice

Released from prison, anti-nuclear activist nun Megan Rice speaks out via AlJazeera

Megan Rice, an 85-year-old nun who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 2012, along with fellow anti-nuclear activists Michael Walli and Gregory Boertje-Obed, was charged with sabotage and damaging federal property and spent about … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Imprisoned Nuclear Activist Nun Granted Victory On Appeal via NPR

From the moment she was taken into custody in 2012, outside a building that stores enriched uranium in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Sister Megan Rice has argued she’s been driven by one thing — a desire to spread a message. “And … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Nun’s sabotage conviction for nuclear facility break-in overturned by court via The Guardian

An appeals court has overturned the sabotage convictions of an 85-year-old nun and two fellow peace activists who broke into a facility storing much of this country’s bomb-grade uranium and painted slogans and splashed blood on the walls. In a … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Supporters Say Imprisoned Nun Is Being Held In ‘Unfair’ Conditions via NPR

Megan Rice celebrated her 85th birthday last week — in a high-rise detention center in Brooklyn. The Catholic nun is serving nearly three years in prison for evading security and painting peace slogans on the walls of a nuclear facility … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Nun sentenced to 35 months in nuclear plant break-in via USA today

Break-in at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., happened July 28, 2012. An 84-year-old Catholic nun will spend nearly three years in federal prison for breaking into one of the U.S. government’s most secure facilities and helping deface … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for peaceful nuclear protest via nuclear-news

An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Dozens of Protest Supporters Arrive in Knoxville for Oak Ridge 3 Trial via Reader Supported News (WBIR)

owntown Knoxville was buzzing Monday with some unusual sights, all in advance of a federal trial for three people charged with vandalizing the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. Last July Michael Walli, 64, Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, and Sister … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Oak Ridge 3 Trial Underway via Reader Supported News (Oak Ridge Today)

The federal official who oversees production work at two nuclear weapons plants and the guard who was fired after the unprecedented security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex in July could both testify this week during the trial of … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Nun Who Broke Into the Nuclear Sanctum via The New York Times

… With flashlights and bolt cutters, the three pacifists defied barbed wire as well as armed guards, video cameras and motion sensors at the Oak Ridge nuclear reservation in Tennessee early on July 28, a Saturday. They splashed blood on … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Judge releases nun who broke into U.S. nuclear bomb facility via Chicago Tribune

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered the release pending trial of an 82-year-old nun and another anti-nuclear activist charged with breaching security fences at one of the most sensitive U.S. nuclear facilities, in Oak Ridge, … Continue reading

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment