Welcome
The Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) was created
to bring the vital Department of Energy (DOE) corporate functions
of health, safety, environment, and security together under
one office. To ensure effective coordination of these functions,
HSS focuses on policy development, technical assistance, education
and training, enforcement, and independent oversight programs.
To provide consistency across the Department, HSS maintains
a close working relationship with the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), the Under Secretaries of Energy and
Science, line managers, and the Department's field sites.
Program and Site Office Field Assistance Support
for the Implementation of the Graded Security Protection
Policy
In August of 2008 the DOE issued the Graded Security Protection
(GSP) policy, replacing the 2005 Design Basis Threat (DBT)
as the postulated threat document DOE sites are required to
meet. Based on the challenges and varied site-by-site approaches
for assessing and implementing the GSP, NNSA requested the
assistance of HSS in developing a process to assess GSP compliance.
The resulting process provides a more consistent methodology
for developing a range of threat scenarios (i.e., "Graduated
Threat Axis") and incorporates the principles of risk management.
The specific objectives of the process include:
- Identify if the Site's current protection posture is
compliant with the GSP;
- Identify qualitatively how the posture performs relative
to variations in the threat;
- Produce a defendable GSP assessment, associated implementation
plans, and budget estimates; and
- Determine the opportunity for efficiencies, to include
incorporation of technology, modifying the collective
system, altering select system components, etc.
Execution of the process is led by senior NNSA/Program Office
personnel for each site and the participants include representatives
from the site, HSS, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence,
Department of Defense, and security subject matter experts
from within the Department. Each site effort will take approximately
two-three weeks and will entail the use of tabletop methodologies
as the primary tool for achieving the above objectives. This
new process was recently successfully piloted at the Nevada
Test Site (NTS) in January and February of 2010. Both NNSA
and the Office of Nuclear Energy have established plans to
execute this process at each of their sites containing category
I special nuclear material. The results of this effort will
be validated with the on-going site functions related to computer
simulations, and field tests, such as force on force exercises.
The Office of Health, Safety and Security Technology Integration Activities.
The Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) Technology
Integration Program leads efforts within the Department to
exploit technological advancements for enhancing safety and
security operations throughout the complex. The program has
accomplished major achievements supporting the U.S. Department
of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration category
one nuclear facilities in expanding operational capabilities,
increasing reliance on green technologies, and attaining returns
on investment exceeding 200 percent within three years. The
successful track record of this HSS enterprise has drawn the
attention of other Departmental programs including the Office
of Fossil Energy (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), Environmental
Management (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), the Bonneville Power
Administration, and the Office of Science (Stanford National
Accelerator Laboratory). By leveraging the HSS knowledge base
and adapting the technology integration and implementation
process to these diverse missions, significant advancements
in securing the reliability of our national infrastructures
as well as the safety and security of our employees are anticipated
for this year. A technology integration meeting between the
Office of Technology and the Bonneville Power Administration
(February 17-18) paved the way for securing critical West
Coast electrical transmission substations from theft and vandalism,
which have resulted in damages exceeding one million dollars
over the past two years. Support to the Office of Science,
Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory will include a bold
new initiative for "transparent security" with reliance on
technologies customized for open campus settings. The initiative
will be designed to provide integrated, effective, and cost-efficient
security without impeding the site's mission, and will kick-off
with an onsite planning meeting scheduled for
February 23,
2010.
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