Security and the Offshore Nuclear Plant (ONP) : security simulation testing and analysis of the multi-layer security system

The ONP research team from the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT has been researching and developing the possibility of a nuclear reactor deployed on an offshore platform out to sea. Such a reactor deployed up to twelve nautical miles offshore poses a significant security risk that needs to be addressed. Through the studies of MIT graduate Vince Kindfuller, a security plan was proposed in the ICONE24-61029 paper of 2016. This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed security plan for the ONP-300 and ONP-1100 through the use of a simulation software developed by ARES Corporation, to expand on the security plan to include a response to nonviolent adversaries, and to alter the security plan and plant design as necessary to increase the effectiveness of the security configuration while limiting expenses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Conway, Jared Thomas.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Neil Todreas.

• Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122502

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/122502