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21
Counterforensic
Investigation of U.S.
Enrichment Plants
21.1 BACKGROUND
There was a possibility that the US gaseous diffusion facilities at Portsmouth, Ohio,
a
nd
P
aducah,
K
entucky,
w
ould
b
e
s
ubject
t
o
i
nternational
i
nspections
f
or
s
afeguards
a
nd
a
ccountability
p
urposes.
T
he
q
uestion
a
rose
o
f
w
hether
a
n
i
nspector
w
ith
a
c
overt
a
genda
c
ould
s
urreptitiously
l
earn
c
lassied
i
nformation
f
rom
t
he
a
naly-
sis
o
f
e
nvironmental
m
aterials
f
ound
at
t
hese
s
ites.
T
o
e
xplore
t
hat
p
ossibility,
t
he
Livermore Forensic Science Center (FSC) was contacted by a program sponsor to
u
ndertake
“
counterforensic”
s
ampling
t
o
e
valuate
t
he
p
otential
m
agnitude
o
f
t
he ...