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Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy Vulnerabilities
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... The discussion with the U.S. Department of Energy considered the events that triggered the northeast power blackout of 2003, which affected 50 million consumers of electricity in the United States, and the actions that have been taken to reduce the likelihood of future power blackouts.
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... gas pipelines, which if attacked could also threaten nearby residents, but again would have less impact than disrupted electrical systems. Among the approaches to protect electrical systems are physical barriers around critical components, modular extra-high-voltage transformers, improved surveillance technologies, and adaptive electrical grids that limit cascading failures.
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... The presentations of the working group members addressed pipeline security planning; protection of critical physical infrastructure, particularly key facilities, on a broad scale; development of standards and regulations at the national level; and practical challenges in preventing terrorist incidents in a large city, with special attention to the challenges of monitoring activities involving vehicular traffic. In summary, the working group considered a broad range of issues in the energy sector.
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... Specialists in each country have difficulty understanding how the government structure and the private sector function in the other country. Since the role of government is central to almost all counterterrorism activities and since much of the burden of implementing preventive strategies falls on the private sector, improved familiarity with organizational responsibilities and practical experiences would be of benefit to many specialists in the two countries.
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