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EDF, one of the largest utilities in Europe, will equip its French nuclear plants with American software that can prevent problems by detecting subtle changes in equipment behavior. Chicago-based InStep Software announced Thursday that EDF will purchase its PRiSM product for continuous, real-time monitoring...

An armed man in Tennessee remained at large Monday evening after exchanging gunfire with a guard at the Watts Bar nuclear plant this weekend. An officer patrolling outside the plant's protected area encountered the man at about 2 a.m., Sunday, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The officer...

Security personnel at a Massachusetts nuclear plant responded to the sound of gunfire Saturday morning, only to learn later that the shots came from duck hunters on adjacent land. Before the source of the shooting was identified, the shift manager on duty at Entergy's Pilgrim nuclear plant activated...

The contracted security force at the Y-12 nuclear weapons facility is facing more heat from the Department of Energy after the agency's inspector general concluded that answers to a knowledge test had been distributed beforehand. Following an embarrassing security breach last summer, DOE terminated...

Dozens of Greenpeace members entered the grounds of two Vattenfall nuclear plants in Sweden Tuesday to protest plant security, although none came anywhere near their reactors. At the Ringhals plant, about 20 were reported to have entered the grounds on bicycles, apparently after cutting a hole in the...

B&W Y-12 took over security at the Department of Energy's Y-12 facility Monday from WSI Oak Ridge, a move precipitated by an embarrassing security breach in July. In a release, DOE said it terminated the WSI Oak Ridge contract at the recommendation of the National Nuclear Security Administration...

So far, at least six people have been disciplined after reports that anti-nuclear weapons protestors breached security outside a uranium storage facility at the Y-12 site. On July 28, three activists, including an 82-year-old nun, were accused of entering a secure area and defacing the side of the Highly...

Four activists participating in a mock “foreclosure” of the Lawrence Livermore national lab in California were arrested without incident Sunday. They were part of a protest commemorating the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. While the lab was established in 1952, well after...

Security procedures at a Swedish nuclear plant turned up explosive material in a truck en route to a restricted area Wednesday. Vattenfall, the majority owner of the Ringhals plant, reported the object was found during routine inspections of cargo entering the plant. In a release, the utility said the...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a plastic that can detect neutrons and distinguish them from gamma rays. The safe and inexpensive material could foster a range of new technologies in nuclear security and research. Military and civilian nuclear scientists need tools...

In an interview published Friday, the French interior minister said security would be tightened at the country’s nuclear plants after Greenpeace activists jumped fences at the Nogent and Cruas plants last month. Claude Gueant told the Parisien newspaper anti-intrusion equipment would be enhanced...

An 18 year old quickly found himself in the custody of police after climbing over the fence at a North Carolina nuclear plant. According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission event report released Tuesday, plant security saw someone scale a perimeter fence at about 3:35 a.m., Sunday. A half hour later,...

A driver police suspect was drunk crashed into the front gate of Illinois' LaSalle nuclear plant Monday. WMBD news reported a 22-year-old man somehow collided with the plant just after 1 a.m. He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and possession of drug paraphernalia and later released on...

(Please visit the site to view this video) - Edited By Chris Reed - Can these robots be a security solution at nuclear power plants? The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced yesterday that the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) has brought the first of three Mobile Detection...

Among the proposed revisions to the guidance document are increasing the involvement of offsite response organizations in developing protective action strategies, considering staged evacuation as the initial protective action at a General Emergency, the highest emergency classification level, and increasing...

We congratulate the NSO Aviation Program, for its outstanding work, and we are proud to have programs of its caliber serving throughout the nuclear security enterprise,” said Administrator D’Agostino. “From Stockpile Stewardship to international nonproliferation efforts to emergency...

Additional Protocol Declaration Helper to Provide States Assistance in Meeting Nuclear Safeguards Commitments - By April Murelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the launch of a new web tool to help countries implement their safeguards commitments under the International...

The surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently...

According to the report, required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the NRC conducted 179 security inspections at commercial power reactors, of which 24 were force-on-force inspections. These force-on-force inspections use a well-trained mock adversary force to test a facility’s ability to respond...

This online nuclear engineering graduate certificate will be offered nationwide to increase the workforce pool by strengthening the knowledge of engineers already in the nuclear industry and by facilitating the transfer of engineers from the non-nuclear engineering industry into nuclear engineering-related...

The release of these new security policies is an important first step in using the Security Reform Initiative to drive improvements in our security posture while also ensuring that we are being a responsible steward of tax dollars. These reforms will ultimately result in updated security policies and...

This recovery is part of NNSA’s broad strategy to keep dangerous nuclear and radiological material safe and secure and protect the American people by enhancing our nation’s nuclear security,” said Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Ken Baker...

The one-year extension allows the Contract Competition Source Evaluation Board to complete the competitive process leading to award of a follow-on contract for the combined management of the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant, with an option for the phase-in of Tritium Operations performed...

KNNEC was formed in 2009 by an Amiri Decree to explore Kuwait’s options in the deployment of peaceful nuclear energy for electricity generation and water desalinization to meet the country’s rising demands - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has...

The CSGF conference overlaps with NNSA’s Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) conference. NNSA officials are speaking at both events, were administered by the Krell Institute. Both events feature presentations by fourth-year fellows, thought-provoking keynote and policy speakers and a...