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October 12, 2021

Sister Megan Rice, Nun Who Broke into Nuclear Weapons Facility, Dies at 91
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The longtime peace activist Sister Megan Rice has died at the age of 91.
In 2012, at the age of 81, Rice and two other peace activists broke into
the Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the United
States processes uranium for hydrogen bombs. The activists, known as the
Transform Now Plowshares, cut holes in the fence to paint peace slogans
and throw blood on the wall. One message read: "The Fruit of Justice Is
Peace." In 2015, Sister Megan Rice appeared on Democracy Now! after
being released from prison. She talked about the dangers of nuclear
weapons.

Sister Megan Rice: "Why have we spent $10 trillion in 70 years, when
that could have been used to transform not just the United States, but
the world, into life-enhancing alternatives? Instead, we make something
that can never be used, should never be used, probably will never be
used, unless we want to destroy the planet."

Sister Megan Rice, speaking to Democracy Now! in 2015. She died on
Sunday at the age of 91.


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