UW-Madison’s nuclear reactor may be a target for terrorists, according to a breaking ABC news investigation set to run tonight on “Primetime.”
Over four months, ABC sent 10 Carnegie Fellows to 25 university nuclear reactors across America, including UW-Madison, University of Florida, Ohio State, MIT and Texas A&M. The investigation found potentially dangerous breaches of security protocol at campus reactors.
ABC reported the students, posing as tourists, were allowed access to nuclear reactors without showing ID or even passing through metal detectors in some cases. The students were allowed into control rooms and nuclear pool rooms, often encountering unlocked doors and reactor guards sleeping at their posts.