Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the formation of three commissions charged with undertaking a comprehensive review and making specific recommendations to overhaul and improve New York State’s emergency preparedness and response capabilities.
If terrorists or other extremist groups attacked an electrical substation, thousands could be without power for months, possibly resulting in hundreds or thousands of deaths in the event of extreme weather.
In an effort to improve the cyber security of electrical substations, a $24,000 donation and $210,000 in hardware and software was awarded to engineer Chee-Wooi Ten.
New rules will add restrictions for the use, storage and domestic transport of nuclear materials that terrorists could potentially use to build a dirty bomb.
A security test was being widely circulated among security officers at the Y-12 Nuclear Facility in Tennessee, where it was used as a study aid instead of a secret exam.