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Y-12 security update outlines improvements since July 28 intrusion

Posted at 12:50 pm June 11, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 Security Repairs Chart

Since three protesters broke in last summer, security cameras and sensors have been repaired and replaced. There are more security patrols at the Y-12 National Security Complex and more staff in the Central Alarm Station. And officials and workers are trying to reduce the false and nuisance alarm rate.

Those are among the improvements highlighted in a Y-12 security update published in May. It said Y-12 quickly began making changes after the July 28 security breach, when three anti-nuclear weapons activists broke into the plant before dawn, cut through three fences in the high-security Protected Area, and splashed human blood, spray-painted slogans, and hammered on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, where most of the nation’s bomb-grade uranium is stored.

“Y-12 has carefully examined the circumstances that led to the event, developed actions to fix the problems that were discovered, and is applying the lessons learned to our security posture and operations,” the security update said. “These actions included adding key leadership personnel, restoring to service critical security elements, and refining alarm system components to enhance reliability.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Security Breach Tagged With: anti-nuclear weapons activists, B&W Y-12, boundary fence, Central Alarm Station, critical security elements, CSE, false alarm, Force-on-Force, guards, HEUMF, intrusion, nuisance alarm, patrols, Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment System, PIDAS, protective force, protesters, Rod Johnson, security breach, security cameras, sensors, WEPAR, West End Protected Area Reduction, WSI Oak Ridge, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 security update

Y-12 to install new fence to reduce trespassing

Posted at 1:41 pm March 28, 2013
By John Huotari 3 Comments

OREPA Protest at Y-12 National Security Complex

A new fence at the Y-12 National Security Complex would enclose this field near the entrance at Bear Creek and Scarboro roads, and the nonprofit organization that organizes demonstrations and vigils here plans to challenge the fence.

After three trespassing incidents involving five people in the past year, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced plans on Thursday to extend the boundary fence at the Y-12 National Security Complex along Scarboro Road.

The new fence will be relatively close to the road, an NNSA spokesman said. A field traditionally used for protests near the Y-12 sign at the entrance on Bear Creek Road would be behind the fence. The new fence would run along Scarboro Road from Bear Creek Road to New Hope Road, and it would also enclose New Hope Center, which is often used for public events.

The new fence, which would run along the U.S. government property line, is expected to be in place by April 4, the NNSA said.

“Events of the past several months have shown that there is a greater threat of trespassing on the site, and the costs for responding to this threat are increasing,” the NNSA said in a Thursday afternoon press release. “Y-12 is taking conservative and appropriate measures to make such illegal actions more difficult.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: National Nuclear Security Administration, Special Sections, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Security Breach Tagged With: B&W Y-12, boundary fence, fence, July 28 security breach, National Nuclear Security Administration, New Hope Center, NNSA, Scarboro Road, trespassing, Y-12 National Security Complex

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