April 10, 2014 

TO: Holders of NRC Materials Licenses (Identified in Enclosure 1) Authorized to 

Possess Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material and 

Required to Comply with 10 CFR Part 37 

SUBJECT: RESCISSION OF U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION’S ISSUED 

SECURITY ORDERS FOR COMPENSATORY MEASURES, ADDITIONAL 

SECURITY MEASURES AND INCREASED CONTROLS (IDENTIFIED IN 

ENCLOSURE 2) 

On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published Title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 37, “Physical Protection of Category 1 and 

Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material.” This final rule establishes security requirements 

on licensees possessing Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of radioactive material. As of 

March 19, 2014, affected licensees were to be in compliance with this rule. 

The NRC had previously established increased controls, through license conditions or security 

orders (e.g., Compensatory Measures (CMs), Additional Security Measures (ASMs), “Order 

Imposing Increased Controls,” and the “Order Imposing Fingerprinting and Criminal History 

Records Check Requirements for Unescorted Access to Certain Radioactive Materials”), on 

licensees possessing Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of radioactive materials. These 

increased controls were instituted to ensure the security of Category 1 and Category 2 

quantities of radioactive materials. 

The 10 CFR Part 37 rulemaking incorporates many of the security measures contained in the 

license conditions or orders received by licensees possessing Category 1 and Category 2 

quantities of radioactive materials. Therefore, for NRC licensees, the increased controls license 

conditions and security orders were superseded by 10 CFR Part 37 on March 19, 2014, when 

NRC licensees were to be in compliance with the rule. 

For Agreement State licensees that received an NRC security order issued under NRC’s 

common defense and security authority, the order will remain in place until the effective date of 

compatible requirements issued by the Agreement State. All Agreement States are obligated to 

have 10 CFR Part 37 equivalent requirements issued by March 19, 2016. Each Agreement 

State will follow its own process for issuing these requirements, which will be reviewed by NRC 

for compatibility. Once the State has issued its requirements and they become effective, the 

NRC will concurrently rescind the NRC-issued orders through formal written correspondence. 

Agreement States will be responsible for rescinding Agreement State-issued orders, removing 

license conditions, or taking any other necessary action with respect to the Increased Controls 

and Fingerprinting security requirements they issued to their licensees’ once compatible State 

requirements become effective. Once an Agreement State’s compatible requirements are 

effective and security orders have been rescinded, Agreement State licensees should follow 

their respective State requirements. Additionally, beginning on March 19, 2014, Agreement 

State licensees that operate under reciprocity in areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction must 

comply with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 for those activities in NRC jurisdiction and are 

subject to NRC inspection and enforcement under these requirements. 
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Accordingly, effective March 19, 2014, the NRC is rescinding the security orders for the following 

groups of licensees: 

• Panoramic Irradiators: These orders, for certain panoramic and underwater irradiator 

licensees that possessed more than 370 TBq (10,000 Ci) of radioactive material, require 

the implementation of security measures and the protection of the licensee’s physical 

protection information as Safeguards Information - Modified Handling (SGI-M). 

• Manufacturers and Distributors (M&Ds): These orders, for certain manufacturing and 

distribution (M&D) licensees, require the implementation of security measures and the 

protection of the licensee’s physical protection information as SGI-M. 

• Licensees Transporting Radioactive Materials in Quantities of Concern (RAMQC): 

These orders require the implementation of ASMs and the protection of the licensee’s 

transportation security planning as SGI-M. 

• Recipients of Increased Controls (IC) Orders: These orders require licensees to 

implement enhanced security measures known as Increased Controls. 

• Fingerprinting (separate orders issued for each group above): These orders were issued 

separately for access to and protection of safeguards information (SGI) and SGI-M for 

those licensees that received security orders or possessed information that required 

protection; as well as, for unescorted access to radioactive material in quantities of 

concern. 

All of the security orders described above are available on the NRC’s public Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/security/byproduct/orders.html. Specific sections of the security orders for 

Panoramic Irradiators, M&Ds, and RAMQC contain sensitive information or SGI; therefore, those 

sections are not publicly available. The specific orders being rescinded are identified in 

Enclosure 2 to this letter. 

Licensees that are in possession of orders and order-related documents that are designated as 

SGI or SGI-M, should ensure that all copies of those documents that contain safeguards 

information are destroyed, in accordance with the requirements for the protection of certain 

safeguards information found in 10 CFR §§73.22(i) and 73.23(i). NRC should be notified in 

writing under oath or affirmation, when these documents have been destroyed. These 

notifications can be sent to the Director, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, per 10 CFR §§37.7(a) and 37.7(b). Documents submitted to the NRC 

under oath or affirmation may be satisfied by using a notary public to authenticate oaths or 

affirmations and to certify that the information provided is correct and true. An alternate method 

for complying with the oath or affirmation requirement is presented in an NRC Regulatory Issue 

Summary (RIS) entitled “Requirements for Oath or Affirmation” (RIS-01-018, August 22, 2001), 

and available at the NRC’s public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gencomm/reg-issues/2001/ri01018.html. This method allows use of the following unsworn 

declaration to satisfy the oath or affirmation requirement: 

I declare [or certify, verify, state] under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on [date] [Signature].
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding 10 CFR Part 37 regulations, you can email 

Part37.Resource@nrc.gov. If you have specific questions regarding the rescission of NRC’s 

security orders, you may contact Sarenee Hawkins at (301)415-7562 or 

Sarenee.Hawkins@nrc.gov. 

 Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

 Brian E. Holian, Director 

 Office of Federal and State Materials 

 and Environmental Management Programs 

Enclosures: 

1. List of Applicable Materials Licensees 

2. Table of Specific Orders for Rescission
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding 10 CFR Part 37 regulations, you can email 

Part37.Resource@nrc.gov. If you have specific questions regarding the rescission of NRC’s 

security orders, you may contact Sarenee Hawkins at (301)415-7562 or 

Sarenee.Hawkins@nrc.gov. 

 Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

 Brian E. Holian, Director 

 Office of Federal and State Materials 

 and Environmental Management Programs 

Enclosures: 

1. List of Applicable Materials Licensees 

2. Table of Specific Orders for Rescission 

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Enclosure 1 

Applicable Materials Licenses 

License No.: NR-12345-67 

Docket No.: 030-12345 

John Doe Company, Inc. 

123 Brick Road 

Any City, ST 01234 

Will appear as above when mailed out...there will be a master list for internal purposes. 
Enclosure 2 

Specific Orders Identified for Rescission for NRC Licensees, 

Effective March 19, 2014 

Fingerprinting – Access to Materials 

Issuance 

Date 

Order No. Title/Description Recipients 

10/17/2006 

10/16/2012 

EA 06-248 

EA-12-148 

Fingerprinting for access to materials Irradiator Order Recipients 

10/17/2006 EA 06-250 Fingerprinting for access to materials M&D Order Recipients 

10/17/2006 

06/05/2013 

EA 06-249 

EA 13-041 

Fingerprinting for access to materials RAMQC Order Recipients 

12/05/2007 

02/21/2008 

EA-07-305 

EA 08-024 

Order Imposing Fingerprinting and 

Criminal History Records Check 

Requirements for Unescorted Access 

to Certain Radioactive Material 

Increased Controls Order 

Recipients 

11/23/2009 EA 09-205 Order Imposing Fingerprinting and 

Criminal History Records Check 

Requirements for Unescorted Access 

to Certain Radioactive Material 

Power Reactor Licensees 

Undergoing 

Decommissioning 

Fingerprinting – Access to and Protection of Safeguards Information (SGI) 

Issuance 

Date 

Order No. Title/Description Recipients 

08/21/2006 

10/04/2006 

11/20/2007 

06/18/2008 

10/16/2012 

06/05/2013 

EA 06-155 

EA 06-242 

EA 07-252 

EA 08-162 

EA 12-147 

EA 13-040 

Order Imposing Fingerprinting 

Requirements for Access to SGI 

Irradiator, M&D, or 

RAMQC Recipients 
Increased Controls

Issuance 

Date 

Order No. Title/Description Recipients 

11/14/2005 

12/22/2005; 

05/09/2006 

EA 05-090 

(1st mailing) 

EA 05-090 

(2nd mailing) 

Order Imposing Increased Controls 

for Certain Radioactive Materials 

Licensees 

Licensees possessing 

Category 1 or Category 2 

quantities of radioactive 

material 

11/23/2009 EA 09-204 Order Imposing Increased Controls 

for Power Reactor Licensees 

Undergoing Decommissioning 

Power Reactor Licensees 

Undergoing 

Decommissioning 

Irradiator Order

Issuance 

Date 

Order No. Title/Description Recipients 

06/06/2003 

08/17/2012 

07/23/2013 

EA 02-249 

EA 12-170 

EA 13-065 

Order Imposing Compensatory 

Measures for Panoramic and 

Underwater Irradiators Authorized to 

Possess Greater than 370 

TeraBecquerels (10,000 Curies) of 

Byproduct Material in the Form of 

Sealed Sources 

Licensees with Panoramic 

and Underwater Irradiators 

that are authorized to 

possess greater than 370 

TBq (10, 000 Ci) of 

radioactive material 

M&D Order

01/12/2004 

08/14/2008 

EA 03-225 

EA 08-212* 

Order Issuing Additional Security 

Measures to Licensees Authorized 

To Manufacture or Initially Transfer 

Items Containing Radioactive 

Material for Sale or Distribution and 

Possess Certain Radioactive 

Material 

of Concern 

*(includes Fingerprinting for Access 

to Materials Requirements) 

Licensees authorized to 

manufacture or initially 

transfer items containing 

radioactive material for 

sale or distribution 
RAMQC (Transport) Order

Issuance 

Date 

Order No. Title/Description Recipients 

07/19/2005; 

12/16/2005; 

03/10/2006 

08/21/2008 

08/27/2013 

02/12/2007 

EA 05-006 

EA 08-225* 

EA 13-150* 

EA 07-014 

Order Imposing Additional Security 

Measures on the Transportation of 

Radioactive Materials Quantities of 

Concern 

*(includes Fingerprinting for Access 

to Materials Requirements) 

Licensees authorized to 

possess and transfer items 

containing radioactive 

material quantities of 

concern