Infrastructure protection

First application for a new U.S. nuclear reactor in thirty years
NRG yesterday filed application to build two new nuclear reactors in Texas — first such application since 1979; with rising oil and gas prices, and worries about climate change, nuclear power appears attractive
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NRC outsources part of nuclear power plant permitting process
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission expects a flood of applications for new nuclear power plants in the United States; to cope with the extra work, agency outsources portions of application review process
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Live demonstration of satellite-based intelligence surveillance
Two companies join hands in live demonstration of satellite-based intelligence surveillance system; system sutiable for monitoring remote, difficult-to-access locations
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Israel's Ashdod port begins CSI operations
DHS makes the port of Ashdod, Israel, the 54th Container Security Initiative-certified port
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DHS funds nuclear training
One-third of the current U.S. nuclear workforce will reach retirement in the next ten years; DHS joins with NSF to foster the training of the next generation of nuclear workers
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Remote Guarding Alliance formed
Guard services represent a $40 billion - $50 billion market worldwide; eight industry leaders join to form the Remote Guarding Alliance, aiming to establish accepted standards and promote remote guarding advantages to potential customers
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FBI investigates Unisys's responsibility for DHS security breaches
Chinese cyber-attackers compromised DHS computers during the summer and fall of 2006; these computers were supposed to be secured by Unisys in 2002 $1 billion contract; FBI investigates breaches and alleged cover-up
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UC Berkeley to examine new methods of screening for nuclear materials
The Academic Research Initiative, a new DHS-NSF project, give a UC Berekeley scientists $1.4 million to develop new methods for screening for nuclear materials
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Shut-down Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire
In July Japan’s largest nuclear power plant was damaged, and radiation was leaked, as a result of 6.8 earthquake; yesterday, parts of the shut-down plant caught fire
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$600 million contract for encasing Chornobyl with new protective shelter
Two decades after the worst nuclear accident in history, Ukraine signs a $600 million contract to encase the Chernobyl reactor’s remnants in a new protective steel tomb
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U.K. government issues telecom, mail security guidance
From the most sophitcated wireless communication to the old-fashioned, humble mail: Organizations are vulnerable to disruption and mischief, and the U.K. government wants to help
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CommerceGuard Installs Container Security Network in Northern California
State of the art container security system to help better protect cargo, homeland at Port of Oakland
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Network security to move toward "complete packet inspection"
The new approach will embed security in a pervasive manner throughout the entire network to provide the situational awareness necessary to respond instantly to threats or problems and contain the damage before it spreads into the entire network
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Elephant trap for truck-bombs
A truck bomb killed 241 soliders in Beirut in 1983, and they continue to reap their grim harvest in Iraq and Afghanistan; a designer suggests an elephant-trap design as proetction
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DHS searches for safer bridges
DHS, Army Corps of Engineers look for ways to make bridges more terror-resistant; advances in steel and reinforced concrete to be explored
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