Index | Site       Map | FAQ | Facility       Info | Reading       Rm | New | Help | Glossary | Contact UsProtecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION -   About NRC    - The     Commission 
  - Statutory Authority 
  - Strategic Plan 
  - Budget &      Performance 
  - Organization & Functions 
  - Locations 
  - History 
  - Values 
  - Policymaking 
  - Radiation Protection 
  - Fire Protection 
  - How We Regulate 
  - Grants 
  - Civil Rights 
  - 
- NuclearReactors    - Operating Reactor Locations 
  - Reactor Quick Links 
  - Power Reactors 
  - Research and Test     Reactors 
  - Operating Reactors 
  - Operator Licensing 
  - New Reactors 
  - Operator     Licensing for New Reactors 
  - Reactor Safety Research 
  - Advisory Comm (ACRS) 
  - Decommissioning     of Nuclear Facilities 
  - 
- NuclearMaterials    - Fuel Cycle Facility Locations 
  - Uranium     Recovery Locations 
  - Materials Quick Links 
  - Special Nuclear Material 
  - Source Material 
  - Byproduct Material 
  - Med, Academic & Ind Uses 
  - Source Materials Facilities 
  - Uranium Recovery 
  - Fuel Cycle Facilities 
  - Materials     Transportation 
  - Materials Research 
  - Advisory Comm (ACMUI) 
  - Decommissioning     of Nuclear Facilities 
  - Materials     Environmental Reviews 
  - 
- RadioactiveWaste    - Waste Quick Links 
  - Low-Level Waste 
  - Waste Incidental to     Reprocessing 
  - Incidental Waste Criteria 
  - High-Level Waste 
  - Uranium Mill Tailings 
  - LLW Disposal 
  - HLW Disposal 
  - Spent Fuel Storage 
  - Spent Fuel Transport 
  - Waste Research 
  - 
- NuclearSecurity    - Security     Spotlight 
  - NRC     Responsibilities 
  - Domestic Safeguards 
  - Radioactive Material Security 
  - Facility Protection 
  - Nuclear Material Control 
  - International Safeguards 
  - Information Security 
  - Emergency     Preparedness 
  - &; 
- Public Meetings&   Involvement    - Public Meeting Schedule 
  - Commission     Schedule 
  - Conferences & Symposia 
  - Documents for Comment 
  - Brochures & Fact Sheets 
  - Involving Stakeholders 
  - Info Quality Guidelines 
  - Rulemaking Process 
  - Licensing 
  - Enforcement 
  - Hearing Process 
  - Hearing Applications 
  - 

Home       > Electronic Reading       Room       > Document       Collections       > Generic       Communications >       Generic       Letters >       1977       > GL77001 
                                                          GL 77-01                                 UNITED STATES                         NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555                                                          April 29, 1977Licensees, Operating Nuclear Power PlantsGentlemen:RE:  INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS HANDBOOK (GENERIC LETTER 77-01)As discussed at the recent regional meetings related to 10 CFR 73, Section73.55, "Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities in nuclearpower reactors against industry sabotage," we have enclosed a copy of theIntrusion Detection Systems Handbook, SAND 76-0554, dated November 1976.  Thishandbook was prepared by the Facilities Protection Department, SandiaLaboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, under contract with the Division ofSafeguards and Security, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administrationand is made available for your information as a reference source for use inthe design, installation, and operation of intrusion detection systems.This document is marked by ERDA as Official Use Only; however, it does notrequire any special handling on your part.  Revisions to the handbook will besent directly to all recipients by ERDA.  Any comments on the handbook thatyou wish to make should be addressed to Dr. Samuel C.T. McDowell, AssistantDirector for Research and Development, Division of Safeguards and Security,ERDA.                                         Sincerely,                                         Karl R. Goller, Assistant Director                                           for Operating Reactors                                         Division of Operating ReactorsEnclosures:  Handbook8111230382