Nuclear security [electronic resource] : DOE and NRC have different security requirements for protecting weapons-grade material from terrorist attacks / [signed] Gene Aloise.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Aloise, Gene.

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear facilities--Security measures--United States.

Nuclear facilities.

Nuclear weapons plants--Security measures--United States.

Nuclear weapons plants.

United States. Department of Energy--Rules and practice.

United States.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Rules and practice.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Physical Description:

5 pages : digital, PDF file

Other Title:

Nuclear Security

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet. Address as of 9/26/07: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071197r.pdf; current access available via PURL.

Summary:

Report examines (1) whether DOE's and NRC's requirements for protecting Category I special nuclear material from terrorist threats differ from one another; (2) the reasons for any differences between these requirements; and (3) if, as a result, there are differences between how NRC-licensed facilities that store and process Category I special nuclear material and how DOE facilities that store and process Category I special nuclear material are defended against a terrorist attack...

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 26, 2007).

"September 11, 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-07-1197R."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

173298508