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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authority and enhanced weapons authority under § 73.15 must ensure that a satisfactory firearms background check has been completed for all security personnel whose official duties require access to covered weapons. ( ii ) Security personal may continue to have access to covered weapons pending the results of the initial firearms background check. ( 5 ) Only licensees that have applied for Section 161A authority under § 73.15 may conduct the firearms background checks required by this section. ( 6 ) The licensee must commence firearms background checks only after receiving notification from the NRC that the agency has accepted for review its application for stand-alone preemption authority or for combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority. ( 7 ) ( i ) Applicants for a license who have also submitted an application for Section 161A authority must only commence firearms background checks after: ( A ) The NRC has issued its license; and ( B ) The NRC has accepted its application for stand-alone preemption authority or for combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority for review. ( ii ) Subsequent to April 13, 2023, applicants for a license who have also applied for Section 161A authority and been issued their license must ensure that a satisfactory firearms background check (as defined in § 73.2 ) has been completed for all security personnel who require access to covered weapons, before the licensee's initial receipt of any source material, special nuclear material, or radioactive material specified under the license. ( 8 ) In response to an adverse firearms background check (as defined in § 73.2 ), ( i ) The licensee must remove, without delay, from duties requiring access to covered weapons, any security personnel who receive a “denied” or “delayed” NICS response. ( ii ) If the security personnel to be removed is on duty at the time of removal, then the licensee must fill the vacated position within the timeframe