Nuclear Plant Safety Report on USB Stick Lost By Official

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/700470/nuclear-plant-safety-report-on-usb-stick-lost-by-official

By John E Dunn
CSO Online
February 17, 2012

A USB stick containing a confidential safety report on a UK nuclear 
power station has been lost in India, UK ministers have been told by a 
red-faced Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).

The report on Hartlepool nuclear power station was reportedly downloaded 
in unencrypted form on to the drive before being lost by a senior Health 
and Safety Executive (HSE) official while at a conference in India, 
sources told The Sun newspaper.

Containing extensive technical plans to the EDF-owned plant, the report 
was part of an assessment carried out on all ten of the country's 
nuclear power stations in the aftermath of the Fukushima incident after 
the Japan Tsunami last March.

"The use of unencrypted USB pen drives is not permitted by ONR for 
transporting documents with a security classification," an official 
confirmed.

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