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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safeguards contingency plan is a documented plan to give guidance to licensee personnel to provide response to threats, thefts, or radiological sabotage relating to nuclear facilities. The safeguards contingency plan is an integral part of the response capabilities and requirements of the physical security plan developed in accordance with 10 CFR 73.55 and reviewed under this SRP section. Compliance with 10 CFR 73, Appendix C, provides assurance that the licensee is adequately prepared to respond to perceived dangers of nuclear material theft or radiological sabotage. 12. 10 CFR Part 75, if applicable, establishes requirements for material accountability and control in accordance with agreements between the NRC, Agreement States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The establishment of a system for IAEA safeguards provides the IAEA with the capability to independently monitor, inspect, and verify special nuclear material inventories and controls to provide assurance that the material is accounted for and controlled in accordance with non-proliferation treaties and other international agreements relevant to the use of special nuclear materials. Compliance with 10 CFR 75 provides assurance, through independent verification, that special nuclear material inventories have not been altered, diverted, misplaced, or otherwise unaccounted for, and thus national and international security interests, including the health and safety of the public, are appropriately protected. 13. 10 CFR Part 95, if applicable, establishes the security and safeguards requirements for use, processing, storing, reproduction, transmittal, and handling of National Security Information or Restricted Data. The physical security plan reviewed under this SRP section establishes physical protection systems and a security organization that provide protection of nuclear material and related information from compromise. Compliance with 10 CFR 95 provides assurance that sensitive information