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NRC Can't Assure Public Nuke Plants Are Protected - GAO >From Scott D. Portzline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9-15-4 Jeff, This came as no surprise today. When I gave a computerized presentation to the NRC's security Chief and staff last month on nuclear plant vulnerabilities, I discovered that they were not aware that some boat exclusion zones are merely marked by floating bouys and not watercraft barriers like those used at military bases and important dams. The chief of security stated at the meeting that plants were protected by water craft barriers. The problem is that the NRC is not going to the plants to see for themselves as reported below in a short segment of today's Government Accounting Office report on nuclear plant security. Full report available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041064t.pdf NRC Cannot Yet Provide Assurances That Its Efforts Will Protect Nuclear Power Plants Against Terrorist Attacks As Outlined In The New Design Basis Threat As the principal regulator of commercial nuclear power plants, NRC has an important responsibility to provide an independent determination that each plant is protected against the threat presented in the new DBT. While its efforts to date have no doubt enhanced security, NRC cannot yet provide this determination for three principal reasons. First, its review of the facilities' new security plans setting out how the facilities will respond to the threat presented in the new DBT is not detailed enough. Second, it will not test the effectiveness of all the plans and security at all plants with force-on-force exercises for 3 years, and it does not plan to make some improvements in its security oversight that we believe are needed and have previously recommended. Third, NRC could potentially need to further revise its DBT as the terrorist threat is better defined, which could require changes in the security plans and additional security improvements. http://rense.com/general57/cant.htm _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-MAIL_TRIVIA/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
