Nuclear security, NRC has enhanced the controls of dangerous radioactive materials, but vulnerabilities remain : report to the Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Radioactive substances--Safety regulations--United States--Evaluation.

Radioactive substances.

Radioactive substances--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation.

Nuclear industry--United States--Safety measures.

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear industry--Safety measures.

Radioactive substances--Safety regulations--Evaluation.

United States.

Genre:

Rules

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 35 pages) : color map

Other Title:

NRC has enhanced the controls of dangerous radioactive materials, but vulnerabilities remain

Nuclear security, Nuclear Regulatory Commission has enhanced the controls of dangerous radioactive materials, but vulnerabilities remain

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

Summary:

In 2007, GAO reported weaknesses in NRC's licensing program as GAO investigators, after setting up fictitious companies, were able to obtain an NRC license and then alter it to obtain agreements to purchase devices containing, in aggregate, a dangerous quantity of radioactive materials. GAO was asked to review and assess the steps NRC and agreement states have taken to strengthen their licensing processes. This report examines (1) the steps NRC and agreement states have taken to ensure that radioactive materials licenses are granted only to legitimate organizations and licensees can obtain materials only in quantities allowed by their licenses; and (2) the results of covert vulnerability testing designed to test the effectiveness of these controls. GAO reviewed relevant guidance documents, regulations, and analyses of orders, and interviewed NRC and state officials. GAO also established three fictitious businesses and applied for a radioactive materials license for GAO is making three recommendations to NRC, including that NRC (1) take steps to include category 3 quantities of radioactive materials in NSTS and WBL, and (2) require that transferors of category 3 quantities of radioactive materials confirm the validity of licenses with regulators before selling or transferring these materials.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on July 19, 2016).

"July 2016."

"GAO-16-330."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

953794079