Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: c422c59e-3da0-4294-a2cc-0e84c5c8422e
Document Type: srp
Title: to ensure that the Access Authorization Operational Program and associated milestones
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1212/ML12125A098.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.4
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ls who perform specific job function identified in 10 CFR 73.56(i)(1)(B), a psychological re-assessment. To confirm each individual’s continued trustworthiness and reliability determination, the NRC expects the licensees and applicants to conduct updates and reevaluations every five years for individuals granted UA or certified UAA and every three years for selected individuals. For selected individuals, licensees and applicants shall conduct psychological reassessments every five years. Additionally, all individuals are expected to be subject to the licensee’s BOP on a daily basis to detect an individual’s abnormal emotional and/or psychological state through monitoring and/or supervisory evaluation. 10. 10 CFR 73.56 (j), “Access to vital areas” − Licensees or applicants shall establish, implement, and maintain a list of individuals who are authorized to have UA to specific nuclear power plant vital areas during non-emergency conditions. The list must include only those individuals who have a continued need for access to those specific vital areas in order to perform their duties and responsibilities. The list must be approved by a cognizant licensee or applicant manager or supervisor who is responsible for directing the work activities of the individual who is granted UA to each vital area, and updated and re-approved no less frequently than every 31 days. 11. 10 CFR 73.56 (k), “Trustworthiness and reliability of background screeners and access authorization program personnel” − Licensees or applicants shall establish, implement, and outline requirements to ensure that individuals who collect, process, or have access to sensitive personal information required under this section are trustworthy and reliable. The background checks for these individuals will be consistent with the requirements of this section. Licensees and applicants may not, under Section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act, obtain an FBI criminal history record for an individual who