Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 95bd83e3-a356-4ea2-b27c-b19aa779ae4a
Document Type: cfr
Title: Notification of physical security events.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.1200
Revision Date: 
Chapter: 
Section ID: 73.1200
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

Content:
the NRC Headquarters Operations Center, as soon as possible but within 15 minutes after— ( 1 ) The licensee's initiation of a security response in accordance with its safeguards contingency plan or protective strategy, based on an imminent or actual hostile action against a shipment of Category I SSNM, spent nuclear fuel (SNF), or high-level radioactive waste (HLW); or ( 2 ) The licensee's notification by law enforcement or government officials of a potential hostile action or attempted act of sabotage anticipated within less than the next 12 hours against a shipment of Category I SSNM, SNF, or HLW. ( 3 ) Licensee notifications to the NRC must: ( i ) Identify the name of the facility making the shipment, the material being shipped, and the last known location of the shipment; and ( ii ) Briefly describe the nature of the threat or event, including: ( A ) Type of hostile threat or event (e.g., armed assault, vehicle bomb, theft of shipment, sabotage, etc.); and ( B ) Threat or event status ( i.e., imminent, in progress, or neutralized). ( 4 ) Notifications must be made according to paragraph (o) of this section, as applicable. ( 5 ) The licensee is not required to notify the NRC of security responses initiated as a result of threat or warning information communicated to the licensee from the NRC. ( 6 ) The licensee's request for immediate LLEA assistance may take precedence over the notification to the NRC. However, in such instances, the licensee must notify the NRC as soon as possible thereafter. ( c ) One-hour notifications—facilities. ( 1 ) Each licensee subject to the provisions of § 73.20 , § 73.45 , § 73.46 , § 73.50 , § 73.51 , § 73.55 , § 73.60 , or § 73.67 must notify the NRC Headquarters Operations Center as soon as possible but no later than 1 hour after the time of discovery of the following significant facility security events involving— ( i ) Any event in which there is reason to believe that a person has committed or caused, or