NEVADA TEST SITE
KEY FACILITIES
Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex
Construction of the Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex (Rad/NucCTEC) began in June 2005. The Department of Homeland Security approved $33 million for the project. Although Bechtel Nevada began design and construction, in March 2006 NNSA announced that National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) would become the new contractor on July 1, 2006 and oversee the project through completion. The facility is part of the Homeland Security's consolidation of radiological and nuclear operational testing and training.
This Hazardous Category-2 nuclear facility will aid in security research to prevent radiological and nuclear materials from entering the country. The complex will include replicas of primary and secondary inspection stations at a U.S. land border crossing; a facility to test system performance under extreme environmental conditions; a high-speed roadway to test the ability of radiation sensors to detect sources moving at freeway speeds; a facility for the evaluation of technologies with the capacity to intrusively interrogate trucks and shipping containers; and a sensor track.
An audit issued in September 2007 by the DOE Office of Audit Services (in the Office of Inspector General) criticized the NNSA's Nevada Site Office's management of the project to ensure it stayed on schedule and within budget.
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