Timely integration of safeguards and security with projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Relf
- Patricia M.
- Steve William
- Robert Luna
- Jose Benito
- Charles H.
The Safeguards and Security (S&S) Requirements Integration Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has developed and implemented an innovative management process that will be described in detail. This process systematically integrates S&S planning into construction, facility modifications or upgrades, mission changes, and operational projects. It extends and expands the opportunities provided by the DOE project management manual, DOE M 413.3-1. Through a series of LANL documents, a process is defined and implemented that formally identifies an S&S professional to oversee, coordinate, facilitate, and communicate among the identified S&S organizations and the project organizations over the life cycle of the project. The derived benefits, namely (1) elimination/reduction of re-work or costly retrofitting, (2) overall project cost savings because of timely and improved planning, (3) formal documentation, and (4) support of Integrated Safeguards and Security Management at LANL, will be discussed. How many times, during the construction of a new facility or the modification of an existing facility, have the persons responsible for the project waited until the last possible minute or until after construction is completed to approach the security organizations for their help in safeguarding and securing the facility? It's almost like, 'Oh, by the way, do we need access control and a fence around this building and just what are we going to do with our classified anyway?' Not only is it usually difficult; it's also typically expensive to retrofit or plan for safeguards and security after the fact. Safeguards and security organizations are often blamed for budget overruns and delays in facility occupancy and program startup, but these problems are usually due to poor front-end planning. In an effort to help projects engage safeguards and security in the pre-conceptual or conceptual stages, we implemented a high level formality of operations. We established institutional performance standards and criteria, then implemented requirements and guidance for meeting the expectations. This paved the way for making a business case and developing a process for systematically integrating safeguards and security planning into all LANL construction, facility modifications or upgrades, mission changes, and operational projects. The Safeguards and Security Requirements Integration Team (S&S RIT) serves as the pathway to project engagement and S&S integration.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 977701
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-04-4231; TRN: US1003686
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Submitted to: Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 45th Annual Meeting and Conference, Orlando, FL
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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