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  "findings": [
    "Physical protection for nuclear-powered compute must cover the reactor, switchyard, cooling, data halls, communications, timing, access, emergency systems, and security infrastructure as one dependency graph.",
    "Edge processing reduces reaction and network latency, but safety-critical actuation needs deterministic controls and independent failure containment.",
    "Multimodal sensing can improve classification in weather, clutter, darkness, and adversarial conditions when sensor provenance and time synchronization are protected.",
    "Cross-sensor consensus should detect disagreement and compromised nodes rather than letting a single model trigger a high-consequence response.",
    "Autonomous physical delay, lockdown, and access reconfiguration can be pre-authorized when they preserve life safety, emergency egress, and recovery.",
    "Counter-UAS systems should first provide persistent awareness, evidence, and coordination with competent authorities; mitigation powers remain legally restricted and jurisdiction-specific.",
    "Electromagnetic shielding, filtered entry points, fiber isolation, redundant power, and protected timing support continuity against interference and pulse effects.",
    "Perimeter edge nodes need tamper detection, protected keys, signed software, remote attestation, and safe zeroization or quarantine behavior.",
    "Autonomous force decisions cannot be derived directly from a Design Basis Threat, a sensor label, or facility ownership.",
    "Readiness requires realistic testing against deception, spoofing, compromised sensors, communications loss, civilian presence, maintenance activity, and emergency response."
  ],
  "headings": [
    "Autonomous Physical Security Architecture for Nuclear-Powered Mega Datacenters: Engineering for Zero-Latency Threat Neutralization",
    "Regulatory and Compliance Frameworks",
    "Nuclear Regulatory Commission Directives: 10 CFR 73",
    "Bulk Electric System Reliability: NERC CIP-014",
    "Data Center Information Security: NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5",
    "Legal Constraints on Autonomous Force and Airspace Sovereignty",
    "Jurisprudence of Automated Force: Katko v. Briney",
    "FAA Airspace Restrictions and Counter-UAS Authority",
    "Edge Intelligence and Deterministic Sensor Fusion",
    "The Sub-Millisecond Sensor-to-Actuator Pipeline",
    "Precision Time Synchronization (IEEE 1588 PTP)",
    "Neuromorphic Computing and Event-Based Vision",
    "Defeating Physical Adversarial AI Attacks",
    "Autonomous Actuation and Non-Kinetic Interdiction",
    "High-Power Microwave (HPM) Countermeasures",
    "Active Denial and Ultra-Fast Physical Barriers",
    "Hardening the Autonomous Infrastructure",
    "Electromagnetic Resilience: MIL-STD-188-125",
    "Edge Hardware Tamper Response: FIPS 140-3 Level 4",
    "Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Integration",
    "Conclusion",
    "Works cited"
  ],
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  "originalFilename": "Autonomous Nuclear Datacenter Security(2).md",
  "qualification": "The source advocates extreme autonomy and describes countermeasure technologies. K04 preserves non-procedural sensing, assurance, resilience, and legal-boundary concepts while rejecting automatic lethal authority, tactical effect design, or claims that private criticality creates military powers.",
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  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
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  "slug": "autonomous-physical-security-nuclear-datacenters",
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  "sourceTitle": "Autonomous Physical Security Architecture for Nuclear-Powered Mega Datacenters: Engineering for Zero-Latency Threat Neutralization",
  "status": "PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL",
  "summary": "A governed reference architecture for machine-speed sensing, multi-modal assessment, physical delay, electromagnetic resilience, tamper-resistant edge systems, and lawful responder integration at nuclear-powered compute campuses.",
  "title": "Autonomous Physical Security Architecture for Nuclear-Powered Mega Datacenters",
  "topic": "autonomous-physical-security",
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