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Lost Keys May Force U.S. to Replace 100,000 Locks at Nuclear Weapons Lab
Officials at the U.S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have misplaced a dozen important keys to the nuclear weapons facility, according to a report released yesterday by Energy Department Inspector General Gregory Friedman (see GSN, Sept. 10). The loss of nine master keys and three magnetic key cards will require the laboratory to replace 100,000 locks in 526 buildings at a cost of $1.7 million, Friedman said. According to the report, officials could not explain how some of the keys were lost or how long they have been missing. The laboratory also does not have a system in place to quickly identify and address security lapses such as these, the report says. Lawrence Livermore officials disputed Friedman’s figures and said that they would only have to change 1,300 locks at a cost of $330,000. The locks are currently being changed. “We regret that the events covered in the report were very unfortunate,” said laboratory spokesman David Schwoegler. “But once we were made aware of this, our senior management acted aggressively to correct both the key and card issues,” he added. The lost keys, Schwoegler said, caused “minimal increased risk to classified information” (Brian Faler, Washington Post, Nov. 7).
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