NRC submits inter-agency task force report on radiation source protection and security.

The task force was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with the NRC as its chair, to evaluate and provide recommendations on the security of radiation sources in the United States from potential criminal or terrorist threats, including acts of sabotage, theft or use in a “dirty bomb.” The task force consists of representatives from NRC; the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Energy, Transportation, Justice, State and Health and Human Services; the Director of National Intelligence; the Environmental Protection Agency; the CIA and FBI; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors and Organization of Agreement States.