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# Regulations, Guidance, and Communications

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        - Regulations
        - Guidance
        - Communications

## Regulations

**NRC's regulations** are found in Chapter I of Title 10, "Energy," of the *Code of Federal Regulations*(CFR). Chapter I is divided into Parts 1 through 199. The following regulations are most applicable to safeguards:
        - Part 11  - Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material
        - Part 25  - Access Authorization for Licensee Personnel
        - Part 26  - Fitness for Duty
        - Part 37  - Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
        - Part 70.51  - Material balance, inventory, and records requirements
        - Part 73  - Physical Protection of Plants and Materials
        - Part 74  - Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material
        - Part 76  - Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants
        - Part 95  - Facility Security Clearance and Safeguards of National Security Information and Restricted Data

See also, information on all NRC Rules and Petitions.

The NRC welcomes Public Involvement in Rulemaking, and invites the public to comment on proposed rules and policies, licensing actions, and draft technical documents. We announce public comment opportunities in the *Federal Register* and on our Documents for Comment page.

## Guidance

Regulatory guides are issued in 10 divisions and are intended to aid licensees in implementing regulations. A complete list of guides most applicable to safeguards are in Division 5, Material and Plant Protection.

Web (HTML) versions of some regulatory guides are available for viewing or downloading. Those available are highlighted in blue in the index to our Regulatory Guides Document Collection. All active final and draft guides are also available in NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

**LISTING BY SUBJECT**The following lists regulatory guidance documents under physical protection subjects or topics. Note that some regulatory guides are labeled Official Use Only-Security Related Information, Safeguards Information, or Classified. Any Regulatory Guidance labeled with of these markings will not be listed. This list has been compiled, in part based on NUREG/BR-0252.

**Security Organization**

**Barriers and Designated Areas**

**Access Controls, Subsystems, and Procedures**

**Detection, Surveillance, and Alarm Subsystems**

**Contingency Response Plans and Procedures**

**Transportation**

**Evaluation Criteria/Standard Format and Content Guides**

**Personnel Security/Fitness for Duty**

**Cyber Security**

**Other reference documents** that may be useful to licensees and other stakeholders are:

**Physical Protection**

**Material Control and Accounting**

**NEI Documents**

*Endorsed*

*Acceptable for Use*

Web (HTML) versions of some guidance documents are available in NRC Formal Publication Collection. Some are also are available in ADAMS (see our table listing for their availability).

## Communications

**Generic communications** are NRC's primary method of sending information to specific classes of licensees. There are several types:
        - Administrative Letters
        - Bulletins
        - Circulars
        - Generic Letters
        - Information Notices
        - Orders
        - Regulatory Issue Summaries

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, October 14, 2021

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