ML20150D567
| ML20150D567 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/17/1978 |
| From: | Burnett R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| SECY-78-425A, NUDOCS 7812060199 | |
| Download: ML20150D567 (6) | |
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NOV 171978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Samuel J. Chilk l
Secretary of the Commission
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Executive Director for Operations Clifford V. Smith, Jr., Dir ct Office of Nuclear Material Sa and Safeguards FROM:
Robert F. Burnett, Director Division of Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
REVISED ENCLOSURE 3 TO SECY-78-425A, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1978, " RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE OIA/0GC
' INQUIRY INTO THE TESTIMONY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS,' VOLUME 1,
SUMMARY
REPORT, DATED FEBRUARY 1978" of SECY-78-425A noted that two events involving license-exempt material had been identified subsequent to an examination of Mr. Conran's Attachment A and Appendix J.
Because NRC had no infor-mation on these two events, the Department of Energy was requested to furnish any information that they might have. This information has been received and incorporated within Section B of a revised, which is attached for placement in the PDR.
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Robert F. Burnett, Director Sivision of Safeguards
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MEMARANDi!M FOR:
Lynn Scattolini, Chief Public Document Room FROM:
Samuel J. Chilk, Secret
SUBJECT:
SUBMISSION OF REVISED ElgLG5URE TO SECY-78-425A TO THE PDR The attached memorandum, Burnett to Chilk dated 11/17/78, with attachment is to be filed with SECY-78-425A.
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Events Cited From Memorandum, J. H. Conran to 14. E. Forehand, Dated November 30, 1977 Subsequent to its review of Attachment A and Appendix J, NMSS undertook a survey of additional material consisting largely of back-ground notes prepared by Mr. Conran and provided by him to the Division of Rules and Records through the Office of Standards Development on November 30, 1977, in response to two FOIA requests.
These rough notes are largely handwritten, of ten cryptic, and difficult to inter-pret.
A preliminary review of this additional material revealed that many of the events are duplicative, a number appear to involve ID's, and others are too obscure to be interpreted.
Excluding from con-sideration,duplicative events and those pertaining to license-exempt material, the following three events were identified that migh be pertinent to this assessment; VFa,Lifv/p(.,,gy,,s',,,f,,,,',,,g,__f m,,) p,, j z,
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However, since location and other clarifying details are not provided for these three events, the staff was unable to develop additional information and, therefore, no staff judgment as to their relevance can be made at this time.
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Events Cited In Paragraph 5(a), Page 240, of the Report of the Sub-Committee on Energy and the Environment, entitled " Allegations Concerning Lax Security in the Domestic Nuclear Industry," dated July 29, 1977 Paragraph 5(a) on page 240 of the above report contained references t'o "(a) an armed attack on a non-licensed weapon material transportation operation in the early 1970's; (b) theft of a truck l
involved in non-licensed weapon shipment, in which the guards' weapons were stolen sometime in early-to-mid 1970's and (c) an alleged in-cident of attack or attempt to penetrate a NATO weapon storage site, reported in the BDM Threat Analysis Study for the Special Safeguards Study." Department of Energy files reveal the following:
Item (a)
"an armed attack on a non-licensed weapon material trans-i portation operation in the early 1970's" On April 5,1970, four males carrying handguns entered the REA Office at the Newark Airport and demanded the key to the REA high value room.
Ninety-three cartons of freight valued at 5250,000 were stolen.
Included in the stolen items were jewelry, watches, furs, platinum, gold and a classified AEC shipment. The AEC shipment was not I
fissionable material and was not radioactive.
The AEC shipment was valued at $2,500, t
Item (b)
"thef t of a truck involved in non-licensed weapon shipment, l
in which the guards' weapons were stolen, sometime in early-to-mid 1970's" On October 14, 1970, at approximately 11:30 p.m. in North Little Rock, Arkansas, an AEC courier guarding a truck shipment of nuclear weapons components, in route from Amarillo, Texas, to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was held up and robbed by three unknown individuals.
The courier 'was, at the time, seated in an AEC sedan equipped with U.S. resernment license plates. The tractor trailer containing the shipment was parked nearby.
The robbers approached the vehicle l
without being observed by the courier, covered him with a shotgun, and ordered him to get out of the sedan. When he refused to do so, they forcibly dragged him from the car and disarmed him. The courier was prevented from alerting three other couriers who were also escorting the shipment, but who were off duty at the time.
The robbers took the courier's revolver, his billfold containing l
his identification and approximately S180, a walkie-talkie, and a I
submachine gun with ammunition.
The keys to the truck containing the weapons components were also taken, but no attempt was made to enter or move the truck.
_4 In the second week of November 1970, the robbers were arrested and charged with armed robbery (the assailants were apparently involved in a total of five robberies) and a murder that was committed prior to the courier incident.
All weapons and the walkie-talkie were recovered. DOE files indicate that there was no indication that the assailants were associated with any subversive militant groups or organizations.
Item (c) - This item is addressed in Enclosure 2, Appendix J, Statement 20, of this document.
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