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  title info:
    title: Nuclear security
    sub title: DOE and NRC have different security requirements for protecting weapons-grade material from terrorist attacks
  title info:
    title: Nuclear security
    sub title: Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission have different security requirements for protecting weapons grade material from terrorist attacks
  title info:
    title: DOE and NRC have different security requirements for protecting weapons-grade material from terrorist attacks
  name:
    name part: Aloise, Gene.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Government Accountability Office.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2007
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 5 pages : digital, PDF file.
  abstract: In terrorists' hands, weapons-grade nuclear material--known as Category I special nuclear material when in specified forms and quantities--can be used to construct an improvised nuclear device capable of producing a nuclear explosion. Responsibility for the security of Category I special nuclear material is divided between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Specifically, DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a separately organized agency within DOE, are responsible for overseeing physical security at government-owned and contractor-operated sites with Category I special nuclear material. NRC, which is responsible for licensing and overseeing commercially owned facilities with nuclear materials, such as nuclear power plants, is responsible for regulating physical security at those licensees that store and process Category I special nuclear material under contract, primarily for DOE. Because of the risks associated with Category I special nuclear material, both DOE and NRC recognize that effective security programs are essential. The key component in both DOE's and NRC's security programs is each agency's design basis threat (DBT)--classified documents that identify the potential size and capabilities of terrorist threats to special nuclear material. To counter the threat contained in their respective DBTs, both DOE sites and NRC licensees use physical security systems, such as alarms, fences, and other barriers; trained and armed security forces; and operational security procedures, such as a "two-person" rule that prevents unobserved access to special nuclear material. In addition, to ensure DBT requirements are being met and to detect potential security vulnerabilities, DOE and NRC employ a variety of other measures, including inspection programs; reviews; and force-on-force performance tests, in which the site's security forces undergo simulated attacks by a group of mock terrorists. Over the past sev…
  note: [signed] Gene Aloise.
  note: Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 26, 2007).
  note: "September 11, 2007."
  note: Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
  note: "GAO-07-1197R."
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: Internet. Address as of 9/26/07: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071197r.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Department of Energy
    genre: Rules and practice
  subject:
    name:
      name part: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    genre: Rules and practice
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear facilities
    topic: Security measures
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear weapons plants
    topic: Security measures
    geographic: United States
  classification: GA 1.41:GAO-07-1197 R
  identifier: GAO (202)512-6000 (voice); (202)512-6061 (Fax); (202)512-2537 (TDD)
  identifier: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS87674
  record info:
    record content source: EJB
    record creation date: 070926
    record change date: 20211129155336.0
    record identifier: in00002380296