Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Monitoring and Detection
1) Licensees shall establish and maintain the
capability to continuously monitor and detect, without delay, all unauthorized
entries into its security zones. Licensees shall provide the means to maintain
continuous monitoring and detection capability in the event of a loss of the
primary power source or provide for an alarm and response in the event of a
loss of this capability to continuously monitor and detect unauthorized
entries.
2) Monitoring and
detection shall be performed by:
A) A
monitored intrusion detection system that is linked to an onsite or offsite
central monitoring facility;
B)
Electronic devices for intrusion detection alarms that will alert nearby
facility personnel;
C) A monitored
video surveillance system;
D)
Direct visual surveillance by approved individuals located within the security
zone; or
E) Direct visual
surveillance by a licensee-designated individual located outside the security
zone.
3) A licensee
subject to this Subpart shall also have a means to detect unauthorized removal
of the radioactive material from the security zone. This detection capability
shall provide:
A) For category 1 quantities
of radioactive material, immediate detection of any attempted unauthorized
removal of the radioactive material from the security zone. Immediate detection
capability shall be provided by:
i) Electronic
sensors linked to an alarm;
ii)
Continuous monitored video surveillance; or
iii) Direct visual surveillance.
B) For category 2 quantities of
radioactive material, weekly verification through physical checks, tamper
indicating devices, use or other means to ensure that the radioactive material
is present.
b) Assessment
Licensees shall immediately assess each actual or attempted
unauthorized entry into the security zone to determine whether the unauthorized
access was an actual or attempted theft, sabotage or diversion.
c) Personnel Communications and
Data Transmission
For personnel and automated or electronic systems supporting
the licensee's monitoring, detection and assessment systems, licensees
shall:
1) Maintain continuous
capability for personnel communication and electronic data transmission and
processing among site security systems; and
2) Provide an alternative communication
capability for personnel and an alternative data transmission and processing
capability in the event of a loss of the primary means of communication or data
transmission and processing. Alternative communications and data transmission
systems may not be subject to the same failure modes as the primary
systems.
d) Response
Licensees shall immediately respond to any actual or
attempted unauthorized access to the security zones or actual or attempted
theft, sabotage or diversion of category 1 or category 2 quantities of
radioactive material at licensee facilities or temporary job sites. For any
unauthorized access involving an actual or attempted theft, sabotage or
diversion of category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material, the
licensee's response shall include requesting, without delay, an armed response
from the LLEA.