New rules will add restrictions for the use, storage and domestic transport of nuclear materials that terrorists could potentially use to build a dirty bomb.
After more than 7 years and $213 million, the new security system at Los Alamos National Laboratory is not functioning, and officials are debating how to divvy up the run-over costs.
After Greenpeace activists broke into two Swedish nuclear power plants, the Swedish Environment Minister says it is clear that the plants' external security did not function.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) were designed to provide guidance for any site involved in manufacturing, storing and/or transporting chemicals.
It was about 4:30 a.m. in Oak Ridge, Tenn., when sensors on the perimeter intrusion detection and assessment system alarmed. There was an unauthorized entry into a high-security, protected area. A well-trained and heavily armed guard force responded.
Contractors, site and government managers were aware that security equipment was broken before the three activists broke in, but nothing was done to correct the errors.
The Energy Department is replacing guards and supervisors on duty last week when three peace activists breached perimeter fences at the "Fort Knox of uranium."
Nuclear operations were temporarily halted at a Tennessee complex that stores and processes uranium after three protesters were able to intrude into a high-security area over the weekend.