Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/73.1
Timestamp: 2017-03-29 17:17:31
Document Index: 626031550

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', 'art 70', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 72', '§ 73', 'arts 50', 'art 70', 'art 61', 'art 72', 'art 60', 'art 63', 'art 76', '§ 73', 'art 73']

10 CFR 73.1 - Purpose and scope. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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§ 73.1 Purpose and scope.
(a)Purpose. This part prescribes requirements for the establishment and maintenance of a physical protection system which will have capabilities for the protection of special nuclear material at fixed sites and in transit and of plants in which special nuclear material is used. The following design basis threats, where referenced in ensuing sections of this part, shall be used to design safeguards systems to protect against acts of radiological sabotage and to prevent the theft or diversion of special nuclear material. Licensees subject to the provisions of § 73.20 (except for fuel cycle licensees authorized under Part 70 of this chapter to receive, acquire, possess, transfer, use, or deliver for transportation formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material), §§ 73.50, and 73.60 are exempt from §§ 73.1(a)(1)(i)(E), 73.1(a)(1)(iii), 73.1(a)(1)(iv), 73.1(a)(2)(iii), and 73.1(a)(2)(iv). Licensees subject to the provisions of § 72.212 are exempt from § 73.1(a)(1)(iv).
(1)Radiological sabotage.
(i) A determined violent external assault, attack by stealth, or deceptive actions, including diversionary actions, by an adversary force capable of operating in each of the following modes: A single group attacking through one entry point, multiple groups attacking through multiple entry points, a combination of one or more groups and one or more individuals attacking through multiple entry points, or individuals attacking through separate entry points, with the following attributes, assistance and equipment:
(2)Theft or diversion of formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material.
(i) A determined violent external assault, attack by stealth, or deceptive actions, including diversionary actions, by an adversary force capable of operating in each of the following modes: a single group attacking through one entry point, multiple groups attacking through multiple entry points, a combination of one or more groups and one or individuals attacking through multiple entry points, or individuals attacking through separate entry points, with the following attributes, assistance and equipment:
(b)Scope.
(1) This part prescribes requirements for: (i) The physical protection of production and utilization facilities licensed under parts 50 or 52 of this chapter,
(ii) The physical protection of plants in which activities licensed pursuant to part 70 of this chapter are conducted, and (iii) The physical protection of special nuclear material by any person who, pursuant to the regulations in part 61 or 70 of this chapter, possesses or uses at any site or contiguous sites subject to the control by the licensee, formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material or special nuclear material of moderate strategic significance or special nuclear material of low strategic significance.
(6) This part prescribes requirements for the physical protection of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste stored in either an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) installation licensed under part 72 of this chapter, or stored at the geologic repository operations area licensed under part 60 or part 63 of this chapter. (7) This part prescribes requirements for the protection of Safeguards Information (including Safeguards Information with the designation or marking: Safeguards Information - Modified Handling) in the hands of any person, whether or not a licensee of the Commission, who produces, receives, or acquires that information.
(8) This part prescribes requirements for advance notice of export and import shipments of special nuclear material, including irradiated reactor fuel. (9) As provided in part 76 of this chapter, the regulations of this part establish procedures and criteria for physical security for the issuance of a certificate of compliance or the approval of a compliance plan.
[ 44 FR 68186, Nov. 28, 1979]
For Federal Register citations affecting § 73.1, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.
Title 10 published on 2015-12-04The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 10 CFR Part 73 after this date.2017-03-15; vol. 82 # 49 - Wednesday, March 15, 201782 FR 13778 - Regulatory Improvements for Power Reactors Transitioning to Decommissioning
10 CFR 73.22 — Protection of Safeguards Information: Specific Requirements.
10 CFR 73.54 — Protection of Digital Computer and Communication Systems and Networks.