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DELTA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two people arrested after cutting a chain at a central Pennsylvania nuclear plant said they blundered onto the property and were trying to get out.
The York Daily Record reports that the Chesapeake, Virginia, couple drove to an access road at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station on Friday night and cut a chain to a gate at a fenced-in area. The driver told police he didn't see two "No trespassing" signs when he cut the chain on the gate.
A spokeswoman for plant owner Exelon says the couple never posed a threat to the plant.
She says the couple didn't reach any areas where radioactive materials are transferred or stored, and that security was monitoring them the whole time.
The couple was charged with trespassing. The woman was also charged with possession of a controlled substance. Police said she had a small metal pipe that smelled like marijuana.
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