NRC Comment Period for Revised Radioactive Materials Security Requirements Now Open
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to establish security requirements for the use and transport of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material, which the NRC considers to be risk-significant and therefore to warrant additional protection. The objective of this proposed rule is to provide reasonable assurance of preventing the theft or diversion of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The proposed rule would affect any licensee that is authorized to possess category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material and any licensee that transports these materials using ground transportation. The announcement, proposed revision and discussion, where to send comments and other information can be found on the Federal Register home page at www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. In the “2010 (Volume75) Only” search field, type in “10 cfr 37” and on the page that comes up, select “fr15jn10P Physical Protection of Byproduct Material.”
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