SECURITY-BY-DESIGN OPTIONS FOR ADVANCED AND SMALL MODULAR
REACTORS

The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has tasked the Advanced Reactor Safeguards (ARS) program to develop and advance novel technologies and provide Advanced Small Modular Reactor (ASMR) vendors with recommendations and analysis for designing physical security systems that are cost-effective at protecting against acts of theft and sabotage committed by a malicious adversary. The ARS program works to develop and advance novel security technologies that can reduce the cost to implement and maintain a physical security system and improve its effectiveness. The ARS program develops holistic physical security systems and strategies that integrate these novel technologies to show their effectiveness at preventing malicious acts. Additionally, the ARS program is assisting both ASMR vendors and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the technological advancements and physical security system designs that might be used for an ASMR deployment.