A recent assessment of security at the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found unspecified--but apparently serious--"vulnerabilities" in the ability of guard forces to protect weapons-usable plutonium and high-enriched uranium kept at the California nuclear weapons facility. In a press release issued late Friday, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous DoE agency that runs the department's nuclear weapons complex, said the security assessment by DoE's Office of Health, Safety and Security found "several areas needing improvement." The…
Security Inspection Finds ‘Vulnerabilities’ At DoE’s Livermore Lab
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