Report: Nuclear facilities in the US was in danger because of economy

The national nuclear security administration (NNSA), responsible for the management of nuclear facilities U.S. for several years saved on security, putting the country under threat.
NNSA, which is charged with the management of the US nuclear Arsenal and protection of private research centres, for several years saved on security, trying to reduce costs, says the report of the accounts chamber of the USA, which deeply considers The Washington Free Beacon. Objects NNSA remain vulnerable even two years after a major conflict at the Centre of public security of the Y-12 in Tennessee in 2012. Remember, in July 2012, anti-nuclear Activists of the public movement and Catholic nun was able to get to the center's Playground, hung in the store posters calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Activists were on the area carefully guarded institutions for more than 2 hours." Schizophrenic " security events, which vary on different objects, has shown the inefficiency of NNSA, which until now could not " completely solve long-standing Problems in the field of safety management ". The officials NNSA has described the security policy as " chaotic " and " incapable "." The national nuclear security administration has taken a number of measures aimed at strengthening of security, but did It without a clear plan and vision, not developed a clear strategy for the future ", - is said in the report. Problems started in 2009, when the NNSA reduced spending on security by 53 million dollars. This allowed to attract private contractors, who provided the office of the service for security. Contractors were provided a sufficiently broad range of possibilities for decision making in the security sphere, but in the end It led to increased risks. We emphasize that before the USA was accused of the Russian Federation in the inability to provide security of nuclear facilities. In the 90-ies of the Americans developed the Nunn-Lugar Program related to nuclear safety in the former Soviet States. The program since 1991 assumed U.S. assistance to the countries of the former USSR at the disposal of decommissioned nuclear and weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. The total budget of the programme amounted to 8, $ 79 billion. On this money in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus were provided equipment, service and meeting and American Experts were given access to the secret objects. In April, the US said that I intended to minimize the interaction with Russia on updated the Nunn-Lugar program because of the situation around Ukraine. In Russia they think that they can provide protection of nuclear facilities on its own.


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