Penn State will not increase security for the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor, despite an ABC News investigation of college campus nuclear reactors that found the university's reactor security is lacking.

Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said the report has not led the university to do anything out of the ordinary.

"I'm sure we'll look at what we're doing, but that would be the prudent thing to do all the time," Mahon said. "There wasn't any specific issue they raised with Penn State's reactor."

Mahon confirmed that two student visitors from ABC took a tour of the reactor this summer, but he said the two visitors did not mention their affiliation with the network at the time of the visit.

According to the ABC report, the students who visited found a uniformed guard who appeared to be sleeping in a lawn chair outside of the reactor. It also alleged that security was generally lax in allowing the students to gain access to sensitive areas of the reactor.

But Mahon said the person caught sleeping by ABC was a parking attendant, not a reactor guard.

The visitors, Dana Hughes and Tamika Thompson, were two of 10 graduate students from around the country working at ABC who were assigned to investigate security lapses at nuclear reactors on college campuses.

"They said they were interested in transferring to Penn State, so we gave them a tour," Mahon said. "We give two or three thousand people a tour every year."

He said Penn State's Breazeale Nuclear Reactor has been a safe nuclear reactor for 50 years and is in line with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations.

"The students who went through it have no idea what security is in place," Mahon said. "ABC didn't see the security, and that's the way it should be."

Mahon said the two students were carrying a camera, which is not allowed in the reactor facility. The camera was taken from them and put in a storage area until the tour ended, he said.

Mahon would not comment on the extent of the university's security measures surrounding the reactor.

NRC spokesman Eliot Brenner could not confirm that the Breazeale reactor is currently in compliance with NRC regulations.

"We are looking at all the information presented to us to be certain that there are no issues that have to be addressed," he said. "If there are issues, they will be addressed promptly."

Brenner said each university is required to have a security plan tailored to their specific reactor.

"All of the security plans assume that the bad guys know far more than you could learn on a public tour," Brenner said.

Brenner said the security plans make use of background checks, including running the reactor operators through national terrorist databases. He added that the NRC checks the Breazeale reactor for compliance with official regulations every two years.

Mahon and Brenner both said they were unaware of any security breaches in the Breazeale reactor's history.

Breazeale Director C. Frederick Sears said most commercial nuclear reactors produce between 2,000 and 4,000 megawatts thermal, while the Breazeale reactor produces 1 megawatt thermal.

"We are very, very small compared to commercial reactors," Sears said.

Sears said university reactors range from a small fraction of a kilowatt to about 10 megawatts, putting the Breazeale reactor somewhere in the middle.

Other Big Ten universities operating nuclear reactors include Purdue University, Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin.

Mahon said students and businesses use the reactor for studies. Past studies include work on pollution and electronic parts and to develop more brilliant colors in flowers.

Breazeale celebrated its 50th anniversary Aug. 15 with a rededication of the reactor.