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Viewing cable 07DHAKA744, DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07DHAKA744 2007-05-07 01:31 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dhaka
VZCZCXRO6987
RR RUEHCI
DE RUEHKA #0744 1270131
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 070131Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3987
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9882
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 9079
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1641
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 7918
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 2545
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA
UNCLAS DHAKA 000744 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
SUBJECT:  DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT 
RADIOLOGICAL SITES 
 
REF: (A) STATE 45606 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy 
visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to 
determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate 
protection of radiological materials.  Overall, the team concluded 
that progress had been made since their last visit, and clear steps 
were agreed upon to continue Bangladesh's progress in securing 
radiological materials.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (SBU) COMPOSITION AND COORDINATION. The team consisted of 
Christopher Landers, Brookhaven National Lab, Project Manager; Gary 
Stubblefield, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical 
Protection; and Dan Rutherford, Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory, Contracts Officer; their visit took place from April 10 
to 19.  The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) is the GOB 
agency responsible for radiological materials, and the team closely 
coordinated with the BAEC Chairman Dr. S.I. Bhuyian and with Dr. 
Abdus Sattar Mollah, Director, Nuclear Safety and Radiological 
Control Division, BAEC.  The team briefed Tapan Chowdhury as Adviser 
for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Dr. C. S. Karim, 
Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and former BAEC Chairman, at 
the conclusion of the visit.  Econoff accompanied the team on visits 
to the Savar site and to the briefings with the Advisers. 
 
3.  (SBU) SAVAR SITE.  The Savar site includes a research nuclear 
reactor, the Central Waste Storage and Repository, and the Institute 
of Food and Radiation Biology irradiation building.  On the positive 
side, the team was assured that the BAEC would install a fiber-optic 
communication network for security systems at BAEC expense, but 
would appreciate USG assistance in inter-connecting and processing 
the sensors between the three facilities on the site to the central 
alarm station and re-assessing the entire site to ensure it meets 
the DOE security parameters.  The facility also now has a color 
coded badge system to permit easy identification of access by level 
of permission.  Work that still needs to be done includes upgrades 
to the closed circuit TV systems, second key safes, improved entry 
checkpoints into the facility with vehicle inspection areas, and 
additional training for security staff. 
 
4.  (SBU) ONCOLOGY CLINICS.  The team also visited the National 
Institute of Cancer Research Hospital, Dhaka Medical College 
Hospital, and Delta Medical Center to inspect their radiological 
sources for use in radio-oncology.  All sites needed additional 
measures for the security of keys, restricted cellular phone 
connections to a response unit, as well as duress alarms.   Dhaka 
Medical College Hospital was noted as being especially in need of 
training and a change in employee attitude towards physical security 
procedures. 
 
5.  (SBU) NEW ISSUES.  The team learned of a new planned 350 kCi 
(three hundred fifty kilo curies) Cobalt-60 radiation plant for 
research, service and pilot scale production of radiation-processed 
materials, to be installed at the Institute of Food and Radiation 
Biology facility in Savar within 18 months. Also, a previously 
identified high level commercial irradiation source at Chittagong 
was reported to be no longer in use, apparently pending litigation 
between former business partners, but which still needs protection. 
 
6.  (SBU) FUTURE PLANS.  The team drafted a statement of work with 
the BAEC, which will be completed by BAEC's security contractor, G4S 
Security.  Training packages will be reviewed to determine funding 
and requirements; the two main options are either presenting a 
training course in Bangladesh or having one of G4S's security 
officers attend a security course in America and return to become 
the in-country training specialist and instructor.  The Chittagong 
source and procedural issues at the oncology centers, specifically 
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, will be addressed by BAEC. 
 
7.  (SBU) COMMENT.  On several occasions during the visit, BAEC 
members brought up the idea of nuclear power as a possible solution 
to Bangladesh's power generation woes.  General Atomics, the U.S. 
company which installed the Savar research reactor, recently 
informed econoff that BAEC has just purchased a new control panel 
for the reactor and was expressing strong interest in General 
Atomics' power reactor products.  General Atomics' salesman also 
noted that both Russian and South Korean reactors also were being 
discussed. 
 
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