Nuclear Security Risk Analysis: An Insider-Outsider Collusion Scenario

Authors

Mohammad A. Hawila, Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute, Department of Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843-3473, USAFollow
Sunil S. Chirayath, Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute, Department of Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843-3473, USAFollow

Abstract

This study analyses the vulnerability of the physical protection system (PPS) deployed at a hypothetical facility. The PPS is designed to prevent and eliminate threats to nuclear materials and facilities. The analysis considers possible outsider and insider threats. A modified adversary sequence diagram (ASD) evaluates threat pathways to test an insider-outsider collusion case. The ASD also measures the probability of adversary interruption by demonstrating the methodology for a typical nuclear facility.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/v7b56gnn

Recommended Citation

Hawila, Mohammad A. and Chirayath, Sunil S. (2016) "Nuclear Security Risk Analysis: An Insider-Outsider Collusion Scenario," International Journal of Nuclear Security: Vol. 2: No. 2, Article 7.
https://doi.org/10.7290/v7b56gnn
Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/ijns/vol2/iss2/7

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