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Hunters force lock-down at Texas nuclear arms plant

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HOUSTON (Reuters) – A pair of duck hunters prompted a lock-down at a Texas nuclear weapons plant on Friday but there was no security threat, officials said.

Officials at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, which maintains the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, ordered a lock-down at about 8 a.m. CST (9 a.m. EST), plant officials said in a statement.

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