Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: fd356bbc-c114-44ef-bd93-26e03d174957
Document Type: cfr
Title: Personnel access authorization requirements for irradiated reactor fuel in transit.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.38
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Section ID: 73.38
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

Content:
uals specified in paragraph (c) of this section are trustworthy and reliable such that they do not constitute an unreasonable risk to public health and safety or the common defense and security. ( c ) Applicability. ( 1 ) Licensees shall subject the following individuals to an access authorization program: ( i ) Any individual to whom a licensee intends to grant unescorted access to spent nuclear fuel in transit, including employees of a contractor or vendor; ( ii ) Any individual whose duties and responsibilities permit the individual to take actions by physical or electronic means that could adversely impact the safety, security, or emergency response to spent nuclear fuel in transit ( i.e. , movement control personnel, vehicle drivers, or other individuals accompanying spent nuclear fuel shipments); ( iii ) Any individual whose duties and responsibilities include implementing a licensee's physical protection program under § 73.37 , including but not limited to, non-LLEA armed escorts; ( iv ) Any individual whose assigned duties and responsibilities provide access to spent nuclear fuel shipment information that is considered to be Safeguards Information under § 73.22(a)(2) ; and ( v ) The licensee access authorization program reviewing official. ( 2 ) Fingerprinting, and the identification and criminal history records checks required by Section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and other elements of the background investigation are not required for the following individuals prior to granting access authorization relative to spent nuclear fuel in transit: ( i ) Persons identified in §§ 73.59 and 73.61 of this part ; ( ii ) Federal, State, and local officials, including inspectors, whose occupational status are consistent with the promotion of common defense and security and the protection of public health and safety relative to spent nuclear fuel in transit; ( iii ) Emergency response personnel who are responding to an emergency; ( iv ) An