Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 681fa8e0-7d08-49a9-82d1-21d0d05e4434
Document Type: cfr
Title: Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel in transit.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.37
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Section ID: 73.37
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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immediately notify the appropriate agencies in the event of a safeguards event under the provisions of § 73.1200 of this part . ( iv ) The movement control center personnel and the armed escorts must maintain a written log for each spent nuclear fuel shipment, which will include information describing the shipment and significant events that occur during the shipment. The log must be available for review by authorized NRC personnel for a period of at least 3 years following completion of the shipment. ( v ) The licensee shall develop, maintain, revise and implement written transportation physical protection procedures which address the following: ( A ) Access controls to ensure no unauthorized persons have access to the shipment and Safeguards Information; ( B ) Roles and responsibilities of the movement control center personnel, drivers, armed escorts and other individuals relative to the security of the shipment; ( C ) Reporting of safeguards events under § 73.1200 of this part ; ( D ) Communications protocols that include a strategy for the use of authentication and duress codes, the management of refueling or other stops, detours, and the loss of communications, temporarily or otherwise; and ( E ) Normal conditions operating procedures. ( vi ) The licensee shall retain as a record the transportation physical protection procedures for 3 years after the close of period for which the licensee possesses the spent nuclear fuel. ( vii ) The transportation physical protection program shall: ( A ) Provide that escorts (other than members of local law enforcement agencies serving as armed escorts, or ship's officers serving as unarmed escorts) have successfully completed the training required by appendix D of this part , including the equivalent of the weapons training and qualifications program required of guards, as described in sections III and IV of appendix B of this part , to assure that each such individual is fully qualified to use the assigned weapons; ( B )