United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-03-13 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-580T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T P0b002ee18037ae64 f:d07580t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T GAO-07-580T Cost analysis Foreign aid programs Foreign governments Interagency relations International organizations International relations Nuclear facilities Nuclear facility security Nuclear proliferation Program evaluation Program management Radioactive materials Testimony A66767 Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. and international experts raised concerns that unsecured radiological sources posed a significant security threat to the United States and the international community. If certain types of these sources were obtained by terrorists, they could be used to produce a radiological dispersion device, or dirty bomb. In response, the Department of Energy (DOE) established the International Radiological Threat Reduction Program to identify, recover, and secure vulnerable, high-risk radiological sources. GAO was asked to (1) assess DOE's progress in securing sources in foreign countries, (2) identify DOE's current and planned program costs, and (3) determine the extent to which DOE has coordinated its efforts with other federal agencies and with international organizations, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In January 2007, GAO issued a report--Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE's International Radiological Threat Reduction Program Needs to Focus Future Efforts on Securing the Highest Priority Radiological Sources, (GAO-07-282)--that addressed these matters. To carry out its work, GAO reviewed DOE policies, plans and budgets; observed installed physical security upgrades; and interviewed senior DOE, Department of State (State), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T.pdf GAO-07-580T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-580T Testimony GAO-07-580T; Nuclear Nonproliferation: Focusing on the Highest Priority Radiological Sources Could Improve DOE's Efforts to Secure Sources in Foreign Countries; Cost analysis Foreign aid programs Foreign governments Interagency relations International organizations International relations Nuclear facilities Nuclear facility security Nuclear proliferation Program evaluation Program management Radioactive materials Public Law 106-65