Three times a day Transfield shuttles come in and out of Mokoreng, moving shifts of guards, cleaners and caterers.
Last month, keys to doors of a research center containing nuclear materials were missing for 16 hours, through two shift changes of guards, before they were found.
The 34th Street Partnership's night shift of security guards began arriving for work yesterday by 2 30 p.m., gathering in a third-floor locker room in Midtown.
A Libyan official involved in investigating the crime scene said the blast had taken place when the shift of Libyan guards who stand outside was changing, avoiding Libyan casualties.
It's hard to describe what that is, but there's a really interesting thing that each shift, with the three shifts of these guards, each shift had a guard who kind of stayed in the corner, was a little meek, kind of hung back, didn't really say anything.
In the months just after, when the command structure fractured and the mission grew dim, a night shift of juvenile, sadistic guards gave the words a new meaning.
The plant increased the number of guards on each shift after Sept. 11, by having them work more.
The guards work in two weekly shifts, with three or four pairs of guards taking over from each other hourly in a ceremony commanded by the chief of the guard.
33 Guards Cite Overwork To increase security after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan increased the number of guards and expanded their shifts to 12 hours, often six days a week.
The state prison guard union has long raised objections to vigorous screening of guards as they arrive and leave work, noting that the state would have to pay large amounts for the extra time that would add to each shift.
