Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5aa1e4e0-9f6f-46a8-b372-ab029c3c0c94
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY—DESIGN CERTIFICATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1025/ML102510273.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.2
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cted area perimeter barrier must be designed and constructed to be separated from any other barrier designated as a vital area physical barrier. Penetrations through the protected area barrier must be secured and monitored in a manner that prevents or delays and detects the exploitation of any penetration. Vital equipment must be located only within vital areas, which must be located within a protected area so that access to vital equipment requires passage through at least two physical barriers except as otherwise approved by the Commission and identified in security plans. The licensee shall protect all vital area access portals and vital area emergency exits with intrusion detection equipment and locking devices that allow for rapid egress during an emergency and that satisfy the vital area entry control requirements of 10 CFR 73.55. Unoccupied vital areas must be locked and alarmed. At a minimum, the reactor control room; spent fuel pool; the CAS; and, in accordance with 10 CFR 73.55(i)(4)(iii), the SAS shall be considered vital areas. At a minimum, the 13.6.2-9 Revision 1 – October 2010 secondary power supply systems for alarm annunciation equipment and the secondary power supply systems for non-portable communications equipment shall be located in a vital area. 2. 10 CFR 73.55(g). Consistent with the function of each barrier or barrier system, personnel, vehicles, and material access shall be controlled, as applicable, at each access control point in accordance with the physical protection program design requirements of 10 CFR 73.55(b). Access control portals shall be located outside of, or concurrent with, the physical barrier system through which access is controlled. Access control portals shall be equipped with locking devices, intrusion detection equipment, and surveillance equipment consistent with their intended function. Access control systems shall be designed to accommodate the potential need for rapid ingress or egress of authorized individuals