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A safeguards risk approach to inspection scheduling

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OSTI ID:6377385
Scheduling facilities for safeguards and security inspections may be based on a relative safeguards risk ranking of the facilities under consideration. Safeguards risk is defined as a combination of the potential threat, facility vulnerability to various malevolent events, and the consequences that may occur if a malevolent event is successfully carried out. Quantification of the vulnerability (on a relative scale) and consequences may be possible, however the probability of a particular threat is impossible to estimate. The problem has been researched and an approach has been formulated which yields a relative safeguards risk ranking for a given group of facilities, malevolent events and potential threat groups. This approach may be useful in helping to direct inspection activities to high risk operations instead of being driven by a single element such as vulnerabilities or consequences.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6377385
Report Number(s):
BNL-39822; CONF-870713-3; ON: DE87010763
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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