Training for Nuclear Facility Sabotage Analysis

Radiological sabotage is defined as any deliberate act directed against a nuclear facility or nuclear material in use, storage, or transport which could directly or indirectly endanger the health and safety of personnel, the public, or the environment by exposure to radiation or release of radioactive substances. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories are engaged with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to provide training on evaluating sabotage threats/vulnerabilities/consequences to nuclear facilities as part of a series of training opportunities offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) NNSA. The training is designed to meet the needs of partner states seeking to plan and implement security measures to protect facilities against sabotage of nuclear and radiological materials, consistent with relevant international legal and guidance documents, including both international standards and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission/DOE perspectives. The training analysis presented in this paper makes use of existing/available hypothetical nuclear facility documentation and covers the triad of threat/vulnerability/risk associated with sabotage for multi-focused audiences that include (1) state competent authority staff, (2) facility operators, (3) nuclear facility operational staff, and (4) onsite and offsite protective force personnel. A description of the methodology for developing this training for the particular aspect of vital area identification, along with a discussion of how the content material is "layered" and "branched" to allow rapid tailoring to meet audience needs is provided in this paper. (author)