Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Title: Dirty Bomb Vulnerabilities: Fake Companies, Fake Licenses, Real Consequences

Date: 7/12/07

Time (EST): 9:00 AM

Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has scheduled a hearing, "Dirty Bomb Vulnerabilities: Fake Companies, Fake Licenses, Real Consequences," for Thursday, July 12th at 9:00 a.m. in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The Subcommittee’s hearing will examine certain vulnerabilities in the government’s procedures for licensing radiological materials. This hearing builds upon the findings released at the Subcommittee’s hearing on March 28, 2006, which examined certain flaws in U.S. safeguards against radiological and nuclear attacks. Specifically, the hearing will examine the effectiveness of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s materials licensing policies and procedures, including: (1) the process by which parties obtain NRC materials licenses; and (2) the vulnerability of NRC materials licenses to counterfeiting.

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Hearing File: REPORT: DIRTY BOMB VULNERABILIITES (July 12, 2007)

Member Statements

Senator Carl Levin [View PDF]	Senator Susan M. Collins [View PDF]
Senator Daniel K. Akaka [View PDF]	Senator Norm Coleman [View PDF]
Senator Thomas R. Carper [View PDF]

Witnesses Testimony

Panel 1

MR. EUGENE E. ALOISE [View PDF] , Director, Nuclear & Nonproliferation Issues, Natural Resources and Environment , Government Accountability Office , Washington, D.C.

MR. GREGORY D. KUTZ [View PDF] , Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Unit , U. S. Government Accountability Office , Washington, D.C.

MR. JOHN W. COONEY [View PDF] , Assistant Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Financial Management and Assurance , Government Accountability Office , Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

THE HONORABLE EDWARD McGAFFIGAN, JR. [View PDF] , Commissioner , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Washington D.C.

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