Inspection guide for vulnerability analysis of nuclear sites against outsider threats

Technical Report · Tue Apr 17 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5806435

Harris, L

Issuance of the DOE generic threat guidance has resulted in a need for safeguards and security managers to plan and implement measures which provide protection against a range of potential threats. A necessary tool for those who plan and implement such protective measures, as well as those who inspect and evaluate these activities, is a ''yardstick'' to measure how well the overall system provides protection against these threats. This guide presents a systematic, common-sense, inspection method, based on vulnerability analysis, for evaluating the effectiveness of security at DOE nuclear sites against outsider threats. Application of an effectiveness evaluation method is useful, perhaps essential, for determining if the balance or mix among a site's security measures which provide access control, intrusion detection, access delay, alarm assessment, communication, protective force response, etc. is appropriate. This guide tells how a vulnerability inspection can be performed at a DOE nuclear site by two or three inspectors during a four- or five-day period. At most sites, more personnel and more time can be used productively when available. The evaluation also benefits when protective force exercises are performed as part of the inspection. The guide contains sections describing the inspection method and inspection planning. 6 refs., 6 tables.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., La Jolla, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5806435
• Report Number(s): UCRL-15664; ON: DE85012584
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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Inspection
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98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ADVERSARIES
ALARM SYSTEMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CRIME
INSPECTION
INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
SABOTAGE
SAFEGUARDS
SAFETY
SIMULATION
THEFT
VULNERABILITY