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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§ 73.17 Firearms background checks for armed security personnel. ( a ) Purpose. This section presents the requirements for completion of firearms background checks pursuant to Section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended (AEA) ( 42 U.S.C. 2201a ), for security personnel whose official duties require access to covered weapons at Commission-designated classes of facilities, radioactive material, or other property specified in § 73.15(c) . Firearms background checks are intended to verify that such armed security personnel are not prohibited from receiving, possessing, transporting, importing, or using covered weapons under applicable Federal, State, or local law. ( b ) General Requirements. ( 1 ) Licensees that have applied to the NRC under § 73.15 of this part for stand-alone preemption authority or for combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority must comply with the provisions of this section. Such licensees must establish a Firearms Background Check Plan. Licensees must establish this plan as part of their overall NRC-approved Training and Qualification plan for security personnel whose official duties require access to covered weapons. ( 2 ) For the purposes of § 73.15 and this section only, the term security personnel whose official duties require access to covered weapons includes, but is not limited to, the following groups of individuals: ( i ) Security officers using covered weapons to protect a Commission-designated facility, radioactive material, or other property; ( ii ) Security officers undergoing firearms training on covered weapons; ( iii ) Firearms-training instructors conducting training on covered weapons; ( iv ) Armorers conducting maintenance, repair, and testing of covered weapons; ( v ) Individuals with access to armories and weapons storage lockers containing covered weapons; ( vi ) Individuals conducting inventories of enhanced weapons; ( vii ) Individuals removing enhanced weapons from the site for repair, training,