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(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
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
(A) Well-trained (including military
training and skills) and dedicated
individuals, willing to kill or be killed,
with sufficient knowledge to identify
specific equipment or locations
necessary for a successful attack;
(B) Active (e.g., facilitate entrance and
exit, disable alarms and
communications, participate in violent
attack) or passive (e.g., provide
information), or both, knowledgeable
inside assistance;
(C) Suitable weapons, including handheld
automatic weapons, equipped with
silencers and having effective long range
(D) Hand-carried equipment,
including incapacitating agents and
explosives for use as tools of entry or for
otherwise destroying reactor, facility,
transporter, or container integrity or
features of the safeguards system; and (E) Land and water vehicles, which
could be used for transporting personnel
and their hand-carried equipment to the
proximity of vital areas; and (ii) An internal threat; and (iii) A land vehicle bomb assault,
which may be coordinated with an
external assault; and (iv) A waterborne vehicle bomb
assault, which may be coordinated with
an external assault; and (v) A cyber attack.
(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 one or more groups and one or
silencers and having effective longrange
features of the safe-guards system;
(E) Land and water vehicles, which
and their hand-carried equipment; and
(iii) A land vehicle bomb assault,
external assault; and
(iv) A waterborne vehicle bomb
an external assault; and
(i) The physical protection of
licensed under parts 50 or 52 of this
(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.
(2) This part prescribes requirements for the physical protection of special nuclear material in transportation by any person
who is licensed pursuant to the regulations in parts 70 and 110 of this chapter who imports, exports, transports, delivers to a
carrier for transport in a single shipment, or takes delivery of a single shipment free on board (F.O.B.) where it is delivered
to a carrier, formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material, special nuclear material of moderate strategic
significance or special nuclear material of low strategic significance.
(3) This part also applies to shipments by air of special nuclear material in quantities exceeding: (i) 20 grams or 20 curies,
whichever is less, of plutonium or uranium-233, or (ii) 350 grams of uranium-235 (contained in uranium enriched to 20
percent or more in the U-235 isotope).
(4) Special nuclear material subject to this part may also be protected pursuant to security procedures prescribed by the
Commission or another Government agency for the protection of classified materials. The provisions and requirements of
this part are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any such security procedures. Compliance with the requirements of
this part does not relieve any licensee from any requirement or obligation to protect special nuclear material pursuant to
security procedures prescribed by the Commission or other Government agency for the protection of classified materials.
(5) This part also applies to the shipment of irradiated reactor fuel in quantities that in a single shipment both exceed 100
grams in net weight of irradiated fuel, exclusive of cladding or other structural or packaging material, and have a total
radiation dose in excess of 100 rems per hour at a distance of 3 feet from any accessible surface without intervening
(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, as amended at 45 FR 67645, Oct. 14, 1980; 45 FR 80271, Dec. 4, 1980; 46 FR 51724, Oct. 22, 1981; 47 FR 57482, Dec. 27, 1982; 52 FR 9653, Mar. 26, 1987; 53 FR 31683, Aug. 19, 1988; 53 FR 45451, Nov. 10, 1988; 59 FR 38899, Aug. 1, 1994; 59 FR 48960, Sept. 23, 1994; 63 FR 26962, May 15, 1998; 66 FR 55816, Nov. 2, 2001; 72 FR 12705, March 19, 2007; 72 FR 49561, Aug. 28, 2007; 73 FR 63573, Oct. 24, 2008]