Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: b022cddb-8d32-4663-9bb0-ba39d9401280
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070626.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6
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zations which are periodically reviewed; through maintenance of positive control over vital area access for authorized individuals; and by locking and alarming unoccupied vital areas. Locking devices, including keys and combinations, related to access control to protected and vital areas should be controlled. Records, in accordance with 10 CFR 73.70(d), shall document the vital area entry and exit of individuals. Regulatory Guide 5.65 provides additional guidance relevant to vital area access during emergency and nonemergency conditions. Regulatory Guides 5.12 and 5.65 provide guidance relative to the use and control of locks, keys, and combinations. Additional criteria and guidance is provided in Section 5 of NUREG-0908.46 d. Section e of §73.55 - Detection Aids. All alarms required pursuant to this part shall annunciate in a continuously manned central alarm station located within the protected area and in at least one other continuously manned station, not necessarily onsite, such that a single act cannot remove the capabilities of calling for assistance or otherwise responding to an alarm. The central alarm station shall be considered a vital area, shall be bullet resisting, the interior shall not be visible from the protected area perimeter, and associated onsite secondary power supplies for alarm annunciators and non-portable communication equipment must be located within vital areas. All emergency exits from protected and vital areas DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 13.6-6 shall be alarmed. Alarm devices and transmission lines must be tamper indicating and self checking. Regulatory Guides 5.44 and 5.65 provide additional guidance relevant to perimeter intrusion and vital area alarm systems, respectively. Regulatory Guide 5.12 provides guidance regarding the use of alarms with electric locking devices. Additional criteria and guidance is provided in Section 6 of NUREG-0908.47 e. Section f of §73.55 - Communication Requirements. Each guard, watchman or armed