Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: be188f12-d9be-4eff-9e8e-721839c0b754
Document Type: cfr
Title: Firearms background checks for armed security personnel.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.17
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Section ID: 73.17
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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und check for these security personnel. ( 11 ) With regard to accomplishing the requirements for other background (e.g., criminal history records) checks or personnel security investigations under the NRC's access authorization or personal security clearance program requirements of this chapter, the licensee may not substitute a satisfactory firearms background check in lieu of completing these other required background checks or security investigations. ( 12 ) If a licensee has completed initial satisfactory firearms background checks pursuant to an NRC order issued before April 13, 2023, then the licensee is not required to conduct a new initial firearms background check for its current security personnel. However, the licensee must conduct initial firearms background checks on new security personnel and periodic and break-in-service firearms background checks on current security personnel in accordance with the provisions of this section. ( 13 ) A licensee who withdraws its application for Section 161A authority or who has its application disapproved by the NRC, must discontinue conducting firearms background checks. ( 14 ) A licensee whose authority under Section 161A has been rescinded or whose authority has been revoked by the NRC must discontinue conducting firearms background checks. ( c ) [Reserved] ( d ) Firearms background check requirements. A firearms background check for security personnel must include— ( 1 ) A check of the individual's fingerprints against the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) fingerprint system; and ( 2 ) A check of the individual's identifying information against the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). ( e ) Firearms background check submittals. ( 1 ) Licensees must submit to the NRC, in accordance with § 73.4 , for all security personnel requiring a firearms background check under this section— ( i ) A set of fingerprint impressions, in accordance with paragraph (k) of this section; and ( ii