Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 496a8650-7c3b-4111-a527-d49e2f61ae5c
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY—COMBINED LICENSE AND OPERATING REACTORS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1729/ML17291B265.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.1
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requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 and all applicable sections of 10 CFR Part 73) for a nuclear power reactor before fuel is allowed onsite (in the protected area) for an operating license issued under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 50 or a combined license issued under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 52 (10 CFR 73.55(a)(4)). E. Applicants for an OL or COL that do not cite a standard design certification at all or that cite a standard design certification issued after May 26, 2009 shall meet the requirement of 10 CFR 73.55(i)(4)(iii), which addresses equal and redundant alarm stations and required functions (10 CFR 73.55(a)(6)). 5. 10 CFR 73.55(b) is satisfied when engineered controls, operational requirements, management systems, and organization descriptions provide sufficient details about how performance requirements will be met based on the following criteria: A. Establish and maintain a physical protection program, to include a security organization, which will have as its objectives to (1) provide high assurance that 13.6.1-19 Revision 2 – August 2018 activities involving special nuclear material are not inimical to the common defense and security and do not constitute an unreasonable risk to the public health and safety and (2) protect against the DBT of radiological sabotage (10 CFR 73.55(b)(1) and (2)). B. Establish and maintain a physical protection program to prevent significant core damage and spent fuel sabotage, following the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 73.55(b), including 73.55(b)(3)(i) and (ii): (i) 10 CFR 73.55(b)(3)(i) is satisfied when the applicant adequately describes how the designs of physical security systems, operational requirements, and management systems provide the capabilities to detect, assess, interdict, and neutralize threats up to and including the DBT of radiological sabotage. To meet the performance-based regulatory requirements, the applicant should propose how it will provide or design a physical protection system (i.e., a system