- WASHINGTON: A dozen keys
that enable scientists to enter off-limits buildings at a top-secret US
nuclear weapons laboratory have been lost presenting a potential security
breach, a government inspector said.
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- The critical report, dated Tuesday, by the Department
of Energy's Inspector General Gregory Friedman found a total of 12 keys
are missing from the department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
in California.
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- Livermore officials had initially estimated it would
cost the taxpayer $1.7 million (BD642,600) to replace and upgrade 100,000
locks in 526 buildings at the site, but government officials have yet to
validate these costs.
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- "The loss of the master keys and the Tesa card,
and the delay in reporting these losses, raised the possibility of security
vulnerabilities at the laboratory," Friedman's report warns.
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- Officials at the top-secret nuclear research facility
reported one set of master keys missing on May 5, although the keys were
discovered missing on April 17.
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- Due to the national security nature of the laboratory's
work, officials are meant to report a loss of such keys within twenty-four
hours.
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