Combating nuclear terrorism: NRC needs to take additional actions to ensure the security of high-risk radioactive material : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Nuclear terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Nuclear terrorism.

Radioactive substances--United States--Management.

Radioactive substances.

Radioactive substances--Safety regulations--United States.

Risk assessment.

risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 52 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Combating nuclear terrorism: Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to take additional actions to ensure the security of high-risk radioactive material

GAO-19-468 Combating nuclear terrorism

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2019.

Summary:

NRC is responsible for regulating the security of radioactive material in the U.S. Failure to secure this material could result in an RDD causing socioeconomic damage. This report examines, among other things, (1) the extent to which radioactive security experts agreed that NRC's assessment of risk includes all relevant criteria, and (2) NRC's 2016 evaluation of its security requirements for high-risk radioactive material. GAO is making three recommendations to NRC, including that it consider socioeconomic consequences and fatalities from evacuations as criteria for determining security measures and require additional security measures for smaller quantities of high-risk material.

Contents:

Background

NRC periodically assesses risk when establishing security requirements for radioactive material

Experts generally agreed that NRC's assessment of risk does not include all relevant criteria for establishing security requirements

NRC's 2016 report does not fully reflect the risks of high-risk category 3 material, collocation of Americium-241, and protection against insider threats

Conclusions

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments

Appendices.

Notes:

"April 2019."

"GAO-19-468."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed April 5, 2019).

OCLC:

1091633326