Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: f347758c-712e-4696-a4df-70095d343427
Document Type: cfr
Title: Requirements for the physical protection of stored spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.51
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Section ID: 73.51
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

Content:
ordance with appendix B to part 73, sections I.A, (1) (a) and (b), B(1)(a), and the applicable portions of II. ( 6 ) Documented liaison with a designated response force or local law enforcement agency (LLEA) must be established to permit timely response to unauthorized penetration or activities. ( 7 ) A personnel identification system and a controlled lock system must be established and maintained to limit access to authorized individuals. ( 8 ) Redundant communications capability must be provided between onsite security force members and designated response force or LLEA. ( 9 ) All individuals, vehicles, and hand-carried packages entering the protected area must be checked for proper authorization and visually searched for explosives before entry. ( 10 ) Written response procedures must be established and maintained for addressing unauthorized penetration of, or activities within, the protected area including Category 5, “Procedures,” of appendix C to part 73. The licensee shall retain a copy of response procedures as a record for 3 years or until termination of the license for which the procedures were developed. Copies of superseded material must be retained for 3 years after each change or until termination of the license. ( 11 ) All detection systems and supporting subsystems must be tamper indicating with line supervision. These systems, as well as surveillance/assessment and illumination systems, must be maintained in operable condition. Timely compensatory measures must be taken after discovery of inoperability, to assure that the effectiveness of the of the security system is not reduced. ( 12 ) The physical protection program must be reviewed once every 24 months by individuals independent of both physical protection program management and personnel who have direct responsibility for implementation of the physical protection program. The physical protection program review must include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the physical protection system