Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 4cc5538b-3bd0-4a24-9582-d8fc4ea77f2b
Document Type: srp
Title: PHYSICAL SECURITY – EARLY SITE PERMIT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1025/ML102571602.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.3
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of physical security Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW For early site permit (ESP) applications, the review involves the evaluation of the site characteristics, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Paragraphs 100.21(f) and 52.17(a)(1)(x), to provide reasonable assurance that adequate security plans and measures can be developed to meet the applicable requirements under 10 CFR 73.55, “Requirements for Physical Protection of Licensed Activities in Nuclear Power Reactors against Radiological Sabotage,” as well as guidance provided in U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Guide (RG) 4.7, Revision 2, “General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations,” issued April 1998. The specific areas of review are as follows: 1. a description of the physical land characteristics to indicate that adequate distances exist between vital equipment and vital areas (VAs) and the probable location of a security boundary; 13.6.3-2 Revision 1 – October 2010 2. a description of the site characteristics that indicates that adequate space exists for the construction and installation of physical barriers, isolation zones, and associated intrusion detection and assessment equipment, access control portals, if applicable, owner-controlled area (OCA) access control points and associated OCA vehicle search areas, alarm stations and the implementation of a physical protection program; 3. a description of the site characteristics that may require measures in order to control approaches to the facility (e.g., barge slips within the OCA, main access road from OCA to PA, transportation routes, cliffs, depressions, hills, mounds, open waterways, and roadway or railroad that penetrate the OCA boundary); 4. a description of nearby facilities and pipelines to identify potential hazards in the site vicinity; and, 5. a description of planned culverts and unattended openings