Issue Brief

Hugh E. Naylor IV and Charles D. Ferguson
Center for
Nonproliferation Studies
July 2004
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Issue
Introduction
Issue
Brief
Relevant
Resources
Relevant Resources
Congressional Testimonies
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Mahaley, Joseph S., Director, Office of Security, Department of Energy, “House
Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International
Relations Committee on Government Reform,” June 24, 2003:
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=PR_CONGRESSTEST&TT_CODE=PRESSRELEASE |
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Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team, General Accounting Office, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, published in U.S. General Accounting Office, Nuclear Security: DOE Must Address Significant Issues to Meet the Requirements of the New Design Basis Threat, GAO-04-773T, May 11, 2004. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04773t.pdf. |
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P. “Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian Before the House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation,” Project on Government
Oversight, May 11, 2004:
http://www.pogo.org/p/ |
U.S. Government Documents
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U.S. Department of Energy, “Audit Report: The
Department’s Basic Protective Force Training Program,”
DOE/IG-0641, March, 2004. |
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U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary of
Energy Launches Initiatives To Bolster Security at Nuclear
Facilities: Improvements to Impact Cybersystems, Guard Force
Protection, and Consolidation of Nuclear Materials,” Press
Release, May 7, 2004. |
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U.S. Department of Energy, “Security Police
Officer Training Competition: Remarks Prepared for Secretary
Spencer Abraham,” Speech, May 7, 2004.
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do? |
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U.S. Department of Energy, “Inspection Report:
Protective Force Performance Test Improprieties,” DOE/IG-0636,
January 2004. |
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U.S. General Accounting Office, “Nuclear Security: DOE Faces Security Challenges in the Post September 11, 2001, Environment,” GAO-03-896TNI, June 24, 2003. |
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U.S. General Accounting Office, “Nuclear
Security: DOE Needs to Resolve Significant Issues before It
Fully Meets the Design basis Threat,” GAO-04-623, April 2004. |
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U.S. General Accounting Office, “Nuclear
Security: NNSA Needs to Better Manage Its Safeguards and
Security Program,” GAO-03-471, May 2003.
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Articles and Reports
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Associated Press, “Weapons Lab Security Lax, DOE Whistleblower Charges,” Washington Post, October 7, 2003, p. A5. |
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Mathew Bunn, Preventing Nuclear Terrorism:
A Progress Update, (Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard
University, October 22, 2003) |
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“Classified Computer Media Missing at Los
Alamos,” Program on Government Oversight, May 20, 2004.
http://www.pogo.org/p/environment/ea-040502 |
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Davidson, Keay, “Livermore Lab Safety Problems
Reported U.S. Probe Finds Ventilation Flaws at Plutonium
Building,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2004. |
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Faler, Brian, “Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 12
Keys,” The Washington Post, November 7, 2003. |
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“Fuel for Nuclear Weapons is More Widely
Available,” USA Today, February 26, 2003. |
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Hertsgaard, Mark, “Nuclear Insecurity,” Vanity Fair, November 2003, p. 180. |
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“Lost Keys May Force U.S. to Replace 100,000
Locks at Nuclear Weapons Lab,” NTI: Global Security Newswire,
November 7, 2004. |
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Malenic, Marina, “U.S. Energy Department
Likely to Miss Deadline, GAO Reports,” NTI: Global Security
Newswire, April 28, 2004. |
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Montgomery, Dave, “Security at Nuclear Facilities Questioned,” Star-Telegram, March 16, 2004. |
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“Poor Management, Training, Hampers Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory’s Security Force,” NTI: Global Security
Newswire, September. 10, 2003:
http://www.nti.org/d%5Fnewswire/issues/2003/ |
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“Safety Problems Found at Livermore Lab,” NTI:
Global Security Newswire, May 7, 2004. |
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“Threat Assessment: Low-End Materials Can Make
Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Reports Say,” NTI: Global Security
Newswire, February 27, 2003. |
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U.S. Energy Department Likely to Miss
Deadline, GAO Reports,” NTI: Global Security Newswire, April 28,
2004. |
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“U.S. Energy Department Watchdog Criticizes
Security Training at U.S. Nuclear Weapons Sites,” NTI: Global
Security Newswire, March 17, 2004. |
Opinion Piece
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Shwartz, Stephen I., “A Slow Sort of Security,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, July/August 2004. |
Books and Book-length Reports
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Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter with
Amy Sands, Leonard S. Spector, and Fred L. Wehling,
The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, (Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International
Studies and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2004). |
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Mathew Bunn and Anthony Wier, Securing the
Bomb: An Agenda for Action, (Washington, DC: Nuclear Threat
Initiative and the Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard
University, May 2004) |
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Mathew Bunn, Anthony Wier, and Jonathan P.
Holdren, Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials: A Report
Card and Action Plan, (Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard
University, March 2003) |
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Project on Government Oversight (POGO),
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Security at Risk, Report,
October 2001.
http://www.pogo.org/p/environment/eo-011003- |
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