ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Nuclear Security.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: Concerns that nuclear weapons facilities are susceptible to terrorist attacks has prompted Energy Department officials to consider removing plutonium and enriched uranium Enriched uranium is a sample of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711 % of its weight. from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. and other nuclear weapons sites, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . Prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, the security goal was to prevent plutonium from being stolen and to contain any individual who made the attempt. Officials have changed that goal to prohibit entry into a facility due to weapons experts who claim it may be possible that terrorist suicide squads could enter into a facility and build a bomb that would destroy the lab as well as the surrounding area. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. L. Barry Goss n. 1. Gorse. is the president and chairman of the board of Pro2Serve Professional Project Services, Inc., a premier provider of critical technical and business services supporting the infrastructures of government and private industry to help ensure our nation's security. The company's primary customers are the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense and their primary contractors. He was keynote speaker at East Tennessee Economic Development Council on business trends affecting the nuclear weapons complex. 865-483-2030 gossb@p2s.com Dr. Daniel Goure is currently the deputy director for Political Military Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1964 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and historian David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University. . At CSIS Noun 1. CSIS - Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government Canadian Security Intelligence Service , Dr. Goure is responsible for analyses of: U.S. national security policy, U.S. domestic politics and international policies, industrial planning and defense industrial management, the future of conflict and warfare, the information revolution, counter proliferation. He directs analyses of emerging security issues with a special emphasis on advanced technologies. During his time at CSIS, Dr. Goure has directed studies on: the merits of modern air and space power, the future of undersea warfare, the information revolution and national security, the consolidation of the U.S. defense industrial base, trends in future U.S. defense budgets, trans-Atlantic defense industrial cooperation, NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. expansion, U.S.-European nuclear energy cooperation, U.S. future defense technology investment strategies, the security dimensions of the global economic competition, and the applications of non-lethal technologies to modern warfare. 202-775-3242 Professor George Rathjens, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , is an expert regarding international security measures and nuclear power. 617-253-7282 617-253-1000 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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