Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 1cd5bd24-96a5-4ed9-bf69-92223d061a64
Document Type: cfr
Title: Authorization for use of enhanced weapons and preemption of firearms laws.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.15
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Section ID: 73.15
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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ns; and ( iv ) Spent nuclear fuel transportation. ( 2 ) Combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority. The license holders for the following classes of facilities, radioactive material, or other property are designated by the Commission as eligible to apply for combined enhanced weapons authority and preemption authority pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2201a — ( i ) Nuclear power reactor facilities; ( ii ) Facilities authorized to possess or use a formula quantity or greater of strategic special nuclear material, where the material has a radiation level less than or equal to 1 Gy (100 Rad) per hour at a distance of 1 m (3.3 ft), without regard to any intervening shielding; ( iii ) Independent spent fuel storage installations; and ( iv ) Spent nuclear fuel transportation. ( d ) Application process for stand-alone preemption authority. ( 1 ) Only licensees included within the classes of facilities, radioactive material, and other property listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section may apply to the NRC for stand-alone preemption authority. ( 2 ) Licensees applying for stand-alone preemption authority must submit an application to the NRC using the procedures specified in this section. ( 3 ) The contents of the application must include the following information: ( i ) A statement indicating that the licensee is applying for stand-alone preemption authority; ( ii ) The Commission-designated facility, radioactive material, or other property to be protected by the licensee's security personnel using the covered weapons; ( iii ) A description of the licensee's purposes and objectives in requesting stand-alone preemption authority. This description must include whether these covered weapons are currently employed as part of the licensee's existing protective strategy or whether these covered weapons will be used in a revised protective strategy; and ( iv ) A description of the licensee's Firearms Background Check Plan, as required by § 73.17 of this part . ( 4 ) Once