Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Security
zones shall be assessed as follows:
(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 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
He-P
4038.14 through
He-P
4038.22 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. Such
immediate detection capability shall be provided by:
1. Electronic sensors linked to an
alarm;
2. Continuous monitored
video surveillance; or
3. 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) 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) 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 shall not be subject
to the same failure modes as the primary systems.
(d) 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.
