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BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN LANL APPROACHES TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

November 16, 2017

Katherine Drypolcher

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Introduction

• Programmatic mission
• unwanted radioactive and nuclear sealed sources of US origin
• During transportation of nuclear material the risk of

sabotage or theft is heightened.

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Physical Protection of Material in Transit

• Prevent theft and/or

diversion for malevolent use

• Prompt detection,

assessment, and reporting

• Prompt Local Law

Enforcement Authority (LLEA) response

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Graded Approach for Implementation Controls

Risk Category Security Plan State / City Notification s Engineered Delays GPS Tracking Intrusion Alarm Additional Requiremen ts High Y Y Y Y Y Y Medium O N Y Y N N Low N N O N N N

Y = yes, O = optional, N = no

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Security Requirements

• Engineered

‒ Hardened locks and doors ‒ Stop Boxes ‒ Real Time GPS tracking with or without intrusion notification

• Administrative

‒ Notifications to appropriate authorities ‒ Background vetted drivers ‒ Transportation security plans ‒ Procedure changes

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LANL Lessons Learned

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#1 Shipping Violation

• Air shipment of fissile material
• LANL-wide pause of all Class 7 shipping
• perations.

– Corrective Action Plan – New Procedure

• Use Every Time Checklists

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#2 Unmonitored Shipment

• 94 sealed sources at a US

commercial licensee

• The shipment quantities

did not trigger any supplemental physical security or tracking requirements.

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#3 Foreign shipment

• May 24th 2005 one 293Pu/Be was

packaged in Uruguay for transportation to the US.

– No support – Conflicting priorities – High costs

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Conclusion

• DOE – owned truck

– Real-time tracking – Stop box – Reliable drivers – Minimized transport time

• Improvements from Lessons Learned