OSE EVALUATION OF DELAY SYSTEMS IN A HIGH THREAT ENVIRONMENT

The Office of Security Evaluations (OSE) has in place an Evaluation program to assist the Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters and operations office managers by assessing specific elements of protection programs and informing the managers of common strengths and weaknesses of these elements. This information is provided so that sufficient and cost effective protection programs are maintained or enhanced. The subject of this paper is the evaluation of delay systems in the high-threat environment considered. The costs for providing physical security systems to meet the postulated DOE threat are a significant budget item, both for construction and for operations. The majority of the operations budget is directly attributable to maintaining large complements of protective forces (Security inspectors). It would be extremely useful for DOE managers to have available viable alternatives for provided adequate protection. Delay systems have the promise of providing some assistance in this area. The size of protective forces may be reducible if delay can be demonstrably increased.