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An 84-year-old nun was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison for\u00a0breaking into a U.S. nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker holding bomb-grade uranium<\/a>, a demonstration that exposed serious security flaws.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Two other activists who broke into the facility with Megan Rice were sentenced to more than five years in prison, in part because they had much longer criminal histories.<\/p>\n

Although officials claimed there was never any danger of the protesters reaching materials that could be detonated or made into a dirty bomb, the break-in raised questions about the safekeeping at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The facility holds the nation\u2019s primary supply of bomb-grade uranium.<\/p>\n

After the protest, the complex had to be shut down, security forces were re-trained and contractors were replaced.<\/p>\n

In her closing statement,\u00a0Rice asked the judge to sentence her to life in prison<\/a>, even though sentencing guidelines called for about six years.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease have no leniency with me,\u201d she said. \u201cTo remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest gift you could give me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli all said God was using them to raise awareness about nuclear weapons and they viewed their break-in as a miracle.<\/p>\n

They had been found guilty of sabotaging the plant and damaging federal property.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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