FirstEnergy's nuclear security an issue in an NRC closed-door meeting (Beaver Valley nuke plant)

[Kolesar]

FirstEnergy Corp.'s nuclear operating company has asked for a closed-door meeting with top federal regulators about security issues at the company's nuclear reactor near Pittsburgh.
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Security forces at FirstEnergy's Beaver Valley power plant apparently failed part of a routine "force-on-force" exercise in April. Beaver Valley contains two reactors.
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During federal force-on-force drills, paramilitary squads, typically consisting of former military people, try to breach plant security and sabotage the reactor.

Armed with laser-type weapons, they attack at night, try to defeat plant security teams, breach walls and other barriers to invade the most protected areas of the plant, which contain the reactor, spent fuel storage and other critical equipment.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/firstenergys_nuclear_security.html#incart_river

[phantom power]

1. Wait, they're playing laser tag in a nuclear plant?

Because that is awesome.

[Throckmorton]

2. MilesII actually.

The down side to this is that the plant personnel know they are coming, and still failed to guard vital assets.
I have been involved with several of these drills as a third party 'Referee'.