Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: f95f7931-9e16-4d0f-aedc-641d164ce3eb
Document Type: cfr
Title: Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.50
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Section ID: 73.50
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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section. Safeguards contingency plans must be in accordance with the criteria in appendix C to this part, “Licensee Safeguards Contingency Plans.” The licensee shall retain the current safeguards contingency plan as a record until the Commission terminates the license and, if any portion of the plan is superseded, retain the superseded portion for 3 years after the effective date of the change. ( 2 ) The licensee shall establish and document liaison with law enforcement authorities. The licensee shall retain the documentation of the current liaison as a record until the Commission terminates each license for which the liaison was developed and, if any portion of the liaison documentation is superseded, retain the superseded material for three years after each change. ( 3 ) Upon detection of abnormal presence or activity of persons or vehicles within an isolation zone, a protected area, a material access area, or a vital area; or upon evidence or indication of intrusion into a protected area, material access area, or vital area, the licensee security organization shall: ( i ) Determine whether or not a threat exists, ( ii ) Assess the extent of the threat, if any, and ( iii ) Take immediate concurrent measures to neutralize the threat, by: ( A ) Requiring responding guards to interpose themselves between material access areas and vital areas and any adversary attempting entry for the purpose of theft of special nuclear material or radiological sabotage and to intercept any person exiting with special nuclear material, and, ( B ) Informing local law enforcement agencies of the threat and requesting assistance. ( 4 ) The licensee shall instruct every guard to prevent or impede attempted acts of theft or radiological sabotage by using force sufficient to counter the force directed at him including deadly force when the guard has a reasonable belief it is necessary in self-defense or in the defense of others. ( h ) Each licensee shall establish, maintain, and follow