Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 4cc5538b-3bd0-4a24-9582-d8fc4ea77f2b
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY – EARLY SITE PERMIT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1025/ML102571602.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.3
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or Nuclear Power Plants” 3. 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(x), 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(xii) 4. 10 CFR 73.1(a)(1) 5. 10 CFR 73.2, “Definitions” 6. 10 CFR 73.55, “Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage.” 7. Appendix B, “General Criteria for Security Personnel,” to 10 CFR Part 73, “Physical Protection of Plants and Materials” 8. Appendix C, “Nuclear Power Plant Safeguards Contingency Plans,” to 10 CFR Part 73 9. Appendix G, “Reportable Safeguards Events,” to 10 CFR Part 73 10. Appendix H, “Weapons Qualification Criteria,” to 10 CFR Part 73 11. 10 CFR Part 100, “Reactor Site Criteria” 12. 10 CFR 100.21, “Non-Seismic Siting Criteria” SRP Acceptance Criteria A licensee’s ESP application should demonstrate that the site selected for the construction of the power reactor provides the licensee with the ability to construct and install security-related equipment and components and implement a physical security program in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 73.55. Specific SRP acceptance criteria to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC’s regulations identified above are described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC’s regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify differences between the design features, analytical techniques, and procedural measures proposed for its facility and the SRP acceptance criteria and evaluate how the proposed alternatives to the SRP acceptance criteria provide acceptable methods of compliance with the NRC regulations. 1. 10 CFR 73.55(e)—Physical Barriers. The licensee shall locate vital equipment only within VAs, which must be located within a PA so that access to vital equipment requires 13.6.3-4 Revision 1 – October 2010 passage through at least two physical barriers (except as otherwise approved by the Commission and identified in the security plans)