National Nuclear Laboratory Examines New Approach to Aid Nuclear Security

NNL and ARES Security Host Webinar to Discuss Modeling and Simulation

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Jul 18, 2013, 10:00 ET

BURLINGAME, Calif., July 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Kingdom's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and ARES Security Corporation will explore a new method to aid the security of nuclear facilities in a webinar titled, "Utilizing Modeling and Simulation to Optimize Nuclear Security System Design". The webinar scheduled for July 23, 2013 will discuss NNL's independent evaluation of the quantitative 3D modeling and simulation software solution, AVERT.

NNL, acting as an early adopter for the UK nuclear industry, piloted the AVERT software on a complex nuclear facility to assess security performance. In the hour long webcast, representatives of NNL's security and technical teams will explain how the solution was implemented and the benefits they achieved. Jeremy Davison, Head of Security for the National Nuclear Laboratory explains, "AVERT is a step change in the approach to security decision making, and played a valuable role in assessing options for enhancing security at one of NNL's most important facilities."

Join us to learn how modeling and simulation provides an opportunity to produce more resilient security assessments and improved demonstration of active threats and mitigation.

Register for the complimentary webinar at ARES Security's website or at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/6766892987134397184 .

About National Nuclear Laboratory
The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is a company owned by the UK Government. It operates as a commercial business and currently receives no direct grant funding from Government. NNL is currently run as a Government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) body by the management contractor SBM, a consortium consisting of Serco, Battelle and the University of Manchester.

NNL has experience across the whole nuclear fuel cycle and provides experts and technologies to ensure the UK nuclear industry operates safely, securely and cost effectively today and for the future. The company has provided support and services to the UK, other Governments and to the European Union.

NNL has facilities at Sellafield and Workington in Cumbria, Preston in Lancashire, Risley in Cheshire, Stonehouse in Gloucestershire and Harwell in Oxfordshire.

About ARES Security Corporation
ARES Security Corporation protects the world's most critical assets. As the leading enterprise security risk management solutions company, we are able to safeguard the most complex security systems operated by the defense, nuclear, government, energy, and utility and transportation industries around the world. ARES Security's solutions, AVERT and BluTrain, allow our customers to optimize their security and virtually train their forces in order to ensure business continuity against an entire range of risks that jeopardize personnel, revenue and business operations. AVERT has received the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act certification and accreditation from the United States Department of Defense (DOD). ARES Security Corporation is part of a family of companies under ARES that consists of more than 800 employees in over 20 offices worldwide.