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- 2011282673 abstract "A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility--in addition to acquiring a highly destructive tool, the adversary would demonstrate an inability of the United States to protect its nuclear assets. The United States expends considerable resources toward maintaining effective security at facilities that house its nuclear assets. However, particularly in a budget-constrained environment, it is essential that these assets are also secured efficiently, meaning at reasonable cost and imposing minimal burdens on the primary missions of the organizations that operate U.S. nuclear facilities. It is in this context that the U.S. Congress directed the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)--a semi-autonomous agency in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for securing nuclear weapons and significant quantities of SNM--asked the National Academies for advice on augmenting its security approach, particularly on the applicability of quantitative and other risk-based approaches for securing its facilities. In carrying out its charge, the committee has focused on what actions NNSA could take to make its security approach more effective and efficient. The committee concluded that the solution to balancing cost, security, and operations at facilities in the nuclear weapons complex is not to assess security risks more quantitatively or more precisely. This is primarily because there is no comprehensive analytical basis for defining the attack strategies that a malicious, creative, and deliberate adversary might employ or the probabilities associated with them. However, using structured thinking processes and techniques to characterize security risk could improve NNSA's understanding of security vulnerabilities and guide more effective resource allocation.".
- 2011282673 contributor B12171208.
- 2011282673 contributor B12171209.
- 2011282673 created "c2011.".
- 2011282673 date "2011".
- 2011282673 date "c2011.".
- 2011282673 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2011282673 description "A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility--in addition to acquiring a highly destructive tool, the adversary would demonstrate an inability of the United States to protect its nuclear assets. The United States expends considerable resources toward maintaining effective security at facilities that house its nuclear assets. However, particularly in a budget-constrained environment, it is essential that these assets are also secured efficiently, meaning at reasonable cost and imposing minimal burdens on the primary missions of the organizations that operate U.S. nuclear facilities. It is in this context that the U.S. Congress directed the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)--a semi-autonomous agency in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for securing nuclear weapons and significant quantities of SNM--asked the National Academies for advice on augmenting its security approach, particularly on the applicability of quantitative and other risk-based approaches for securing its facilities. In carrying out its charge, the committee has focused on what actions NNSA could take to make its security approach more effective and efficient. The committee concluded that the solution to balancing cost, security, and operations at facilities in the nuclear weapons complex is not to assess security risks more quantitatively or more precisely. This is primarily because there is no comprehensive analytical basis for defining the attack strategies that a malicious, creative, and deliberate adversary might employ or the probabilities associated with them. However, using structured thinking processes and techniques to characterize security risk could improve NNSA's understanding of security vulnerabilities and guide more effective resource allocation.".
- 2011282673 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 6).".
- 2011282673 extent "xv, 13 p. ;".
- 2011282673 hasFormat "Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.".
- 2011282673 identifier "030920884X (pbk.)".
- 2011282673 identifier "9780309208840 (pbk.)".
- 2011282673 identifier catalog.php?record_id=13108.
- 2011282673 isFormatOf "Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.".
- 2011282673 issued "2011".
- 2011282673 issued "c2011.".
- 2011282673 language "eng".
- 2011282673 publisher "Washington, D.C. : National Academies Presss,".
- 2011282673 relation "Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.".
- 2011282673 spatial "United States.".
- 2011282673 subject "363.17/99 23".
- 2011282673 subject "Nuclear weapons industry Risk management United States.".
- 2011282673 subject "Nuclear weapons plants Security measures United States.".
- 2011282673 subject "U264.3 .N367 2011".
- 2011282673 subject "United States. National Nuclear Security Administration Evaluation.".
- 2011282673 title "Understanding and managing risk in security systems for the DOE nuclear weapons complex (abbreviated version) / Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.".
- 2011282673 type "text".