At every commercial nuclear plant, every three years, security guards take on a simulated attack by hired commandos in so-called “force-on-force” drills. And every year, at least one U.S. nuclear plant flunks the simulation, the “attackers” damaging a reactor core and potentially triggering a fake Chernobyl – a failure rate of 5 percent. In spite […]
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New Report: GAO IAEA’s Nuclear Security Program
On Monday, July 29th 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the IAEA’s nuclear security program. The report found that nuclear terrorism remains among the most significant threats to the United States and other nations. According to the report, the IAEA’s nuclear security program doesn’t have the guidelines it needs to […]
In the News: DHS Cutting Support for Programs to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Over the past two years, the Department of Homeland Security has been dismantling programs to prevent nuclear terrorism “without rigorous review of potential security vulnerabilities.” These changes undermine “government-wide efforts aimed at countering terrorist attacks involving unconventional weapons, known as WMD.” An LA Times report also found “Overall, more than 100 scientists and policy experts […]
In the News: Update on California Incident
The “intruders” who jumped the fence at a nuclear reactor in Sunol on Wednesday, July 10th 2019, were two California teenagers. The teens jumped the fence “into the Vallecitos property, [but] they never got near any of the high-security area within the facility” according to local police. The facility does have highly enriched uranium (HEU) […]
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