ms. harrington, please proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify on the department of energy national nuclear security of administration effort to enhance the security of vulnerable high-risk radioactive sources in the united states. i would like to thank you for your continued interest and the interest of the committee and its leadership on this important issue. i would also like to thank my colleagues from the department of homeland security and the nuclear regulatory commission for being constructive and indispensable partners in the effort to reduce the risk of radiological incidents. the office of defense nuclear nonproliferation which i laid in conjunction with our federal local and industry partners works to enhance the security of civilian radioactive materials in the united states and internationally. i have provided details on our programs in my written testimony. we do appreciate the comments and recommendations from the general accountability office and we're actively in the making

ms. harrington? >> i support dr. gowadia's statement about taking this up in a different environment. >> fair enough. does the embassy have any mechanisms to immediately review any decisions made by licensees? in other words, if they grant access to a criminal, will they be made aware of this action and would they be able to take immediate action? >> we would be able to inspect it at our next scheduled inspection activity. that's when we review the decision making by the licensee staff on trustworthiness and reliability. >> mr. trimble, do you want to react to that? >> my understanding is the guidelines of what's being reviewed is the various factors were considered, but the actual decision is left to the licensee. so there is still no prescription that if someone has convictions for certain things that they are not allowed to have access. >> does that sound satisfactory? should we be concerned about that? ladies? >> so i would respectfully defer to my regulatory colleagues and direct sartorius's position and advocat

ms. harrington on security enhancement. the national nuclear security of ministration global production initiative voluntary security enhancements how many security enhancements as the national but clear security of ministration put into place for of of industrial and construction facilities? >> i don't i'll if these numbers break out the industrial facilities. according to our analysis there are approximately 3,000 buildings in the united states contending high risk radiological sources. of that number we have already worked in 650 buildings providing our security a great program and intends to complete another 45 when. so that is a reasonable accomplishment but only gets us up to 700 out of 3,000. we have also recovered -- >> what about the other 2300. >> those are in and out-year plans. with the budget environment as a this we have had to extend the target date for completion farther than originally thought would be possible. the other part of this is the disposition breath away which is often a challenge because you eit

ms. harrington, please proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify on the department of energy national nuclear security administration efforts to enhance the security of vulnerable high-risk radioactive sources in the united states. i would like to thank you for your continued interest and the interest of the committee and its leadership on this important issue. i would also like to thank my colleagues from the department of homeland security and the nuclear regulatory commission for being constructive and indispensable partners in the effort to reduce the risk of radiological incidences. the office of defense nuclear nonproliferation which i lead in conjunction with our federal, local and industry partners works to enhance the security of civilian radioactive materials in the united states and internationally. i have provided details on our programs in my written testimony. we do appreciate the comments and recommendations from the general accountability office and we are actively implementing