Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 204733df-580e-4d3a-8c6c-ce7912360a31
Document Type: cfr
Title: Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.55
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Section ID: 73.55
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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e final disposition of all alarms. ( H ) Maintain a record of all alarm annunciations, the cause of each alarm, and the disposition of each alarm. ( iii ) Applicants for an operating license under the provisions of part 50 of this chapter , or holders of a combined license under the provisions of part 52 of this chapter , shall construct, locate, protect, and equip both the central and secondary alarm stations to the standards for the central alarm station contained in this section. Both alarm stations shall be equal and redundant, such that all functions needed to satisfy the requirements of this section can be performed in both alarm stations. ( 5 ) Surveillance, observation, and monitoring. ( i ) The physical protection program must include surveillance, observation, and monitoring as needed to satisfy the design requirements of § 73.55(b) , identify indications of tampering, or otherwise implement the site protective strategy. ( ii ) The licensee shall provide continuous surveillance, observation, and monitoring of the owner controlled area as described in the security plans to detect and deter intruders and ensure the integrity of physical barriers or other components and functions of the onsite physical protection program. Continuous surveillance, observation, and monitoring responsibilities may be performed by security personnel during continuous patrols, through use of video technology, or by a combination of both. ( iii ) Unattended openings that intersect a security boundary such as underground pathways must be protected by a physical barrier and monitored by intrusion detection equipment or observed by security personnel at a frequency sufficient to detect exploitation. ( iv ) Armed security patrols shall periodically check external areas of the protected area to include physical barriers and vital area portals. ( v ) Armed security patrols shall periodically inspect vital areas to include the physical barriers used at all vital area portals. ( vi ) The