Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 496a8650-7c3b-4111-a527-d49e2f61ae5c
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY—COMBINED LICENSE AND OPERATING REACTORS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1729/ML17291B265.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.1
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must be protected in accordance with the requirements for the central alarm station in 10 CFR 73.55(i). For applicants for a COL or OL, both required alarm stations must meet the requirements for the CAS. 29. 10 CFR 73.55(i)(3)—Design Elements of the Intrusion-Detection and –Assessment Systems Guidelines The physical security plan shall describe the capabilities of the intrusion-detection and assessment systems. The physical security plan shall confirm that the intrusion-detection system is designed to: (i) provide visual and audible annunciation of the alarm, (ii) provide a visual display from which assessment of the detected activity can be made, (iii) ensure that annunciation of an alarm indicates the type and location of the alarm, (iv) ensure that alarm devices, including transmission lines to annunciators, are tamper-indicating and self-checking, (v) provide an automatic indication when the alarm system or a component of the alarm system fails, or when the system is operating on the backup power supply, (vi) support the initiation of a timely response in accordance with the security plans, licensee protective strategy, and associated implementing procedures, and (vii) ensure that intrusion-detection and -assessment equipment at the protected area’s perimeter remains operable from an uninterruptible power supply in the event of the loss of normal power. The physical security program would typically ensure that each intrusion-detection system used at a facility is configured and tested in accordance with the system manufacturer’s specifications and the licensee’s testing and maintenance procedures. The physical security plan shall confirm that alarm devices and transmission lines are tamper-indicating and self-checking and provide an automatic indication when the alarm system or a component of the alarm system fails, or when the system is operating on backup power. 13.6.1-67 Revision 2 – August 2018 The physical security plan shall describe how the