Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 1208e599-dada-403d-b32e-6b4ff716e271
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350096.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6
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establish a security organization, including guards, to protect his facility against radiological sabotage. b. Section c of §73.55 - Physical Barriers. The licensee shall locate vital equipment only within a vital area, which, in turn, shall be located within a protected area such that access to vital equipment requires passage through at least two physical barriers. 13.6-2 Rev. 2 - July 1981 c. Section d of §73.55 - Access Requirements. The licensee shall control all points of personnel and vehicle access into a protected area. Identifi- cation and search of all individuals shall be made and authorization shall be checked at such points. d. Section e of §73.55 - Detection Aids. All alarms required pursuant to this part shall annunciate in a continuously manned central alarm station located within the protected area and in at least one other continuously manned station, not necessarily onsite, such that a single act cannot remove the capabilities of calling for assistance or otherwise responding to an alarm. 0 e. Section f of §73.55 - Communication Requirements. Each quard, watchman or armed response individual, or any other individual performing an active security function on duty shall be capable of maintaining continuous com- munications with an individual in each continuously manned alarm stations. f. Section g of §73.55 - Testing and Maintenance. Each licensee shall test and maintain intrusion alarms, emergency alarms, communications equipment, access control equipment, physical barriers, and other security-related devices or equipment. g. Section h of §73.55 - Response Requirements. The licensee shall maintain liaison with local law enforcement authorities. Each licensee shall main- tain an adequate number of guards for response and assessment pf possible security threats. Each licensee shall require that those guards take steps to neutralize the threat when detected with sufficient force to protect the health and safety of the public. h. Part 73,