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| Hunters spark nuclear plant alert | Hunters spark nuclear plant alert |
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| A pair of duck hunters has triggered a security alert at a nuclear weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, Texas. | |
| Officials put the plant into lockdown after getting reports of individuals in camouflage gear stalking across the road from the factory. | |
| They turned out to be two plant employees who had decided to spend their day off hunting fowl. | They turned out to be two plant employees who had decided to spend their day off hunting fowl. |
| The plant was briefly shut as a "precautionary measure", a plant official said. | |
| "They were just doing what people do around here," said Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry. | "They were just doing what people do around here," said Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry. |
| "They just had a lot more company than they were planning on." | "They just had a lot more company than they were planning on." |
| The pair, who sparked the alert when spotted early in the morning carrying arms and dressed in camouflage gear, were later found in a nearby field setting up goose decoys. | The pair, who sparked the alert when spotted early in the morning carrying arms and dressed in camouflage gear, were later found in a nearby field setting up goose decoys. |
| No charges will be filed against the men who both had permission to hunt from the local landowner. | No charges will be filed against the men who both had permission to hunt from the local landowner. |