Nuclear Facilities’ Security Tightens

After finding security lapses in its weapons complex, the Energy Department announced it was tightening safeguards at several of its nuclear laboratories and facilities. The measures include more guards, new alarm systems and additional training. Investigations by the department’s Office of Oversight and the Office of Security Affairs found “exploitable weaknesses” in security at the Pantex weapons facility in Texas, the Rocky Flats facility in Colorado, and two weapons laboratories--Los Alamos in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore in California.