[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 10, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 10CFR73.81]



[Page 457-470]

 

                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 73_PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 73.81  Criminal penalties.



    (a) Section 223 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

provides for criminal sanctions for willful violation of, attempted 

violation of, or conspiracy to violate, any regulation issued under 

sections 161b, 161i, or 161o of the Act. For purposes of section 223, 

all the regulations in part 73 are issued under one or more of sections 

161b, 161i, or 161o, except for the sections listed in paragraph (b) of 

this section.

    (b) The regulations in part 73 that are not issued under sections 

161b, 161i, or 161o for the purposes of section 223 are as follows: 

Sec. Sec. 73.1, 73.2, 73.3, 73.4, 73.5, 73.6, 73.8, 73.25, 73.45, 

73.80, and 73.81.



[57 FR 55079, Nov. 24, 1992]



 Appendix A to Part 73--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offices and 

                      Classified Mailing Addresses



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                                               Address            Telephone (24 hour)             E-Mail

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NRC Headquarters Operations Center     USNRC, Division of       (301) 816-5100, (301)    H001@nrc.gov

                                        Incident Response        951-0550, (301) 816-

                                        Operations,              5151 (fax).

                                        Washington, DC 20555-

                                        0001.

Region I: Connecticut, Delaware,       USNRC, Region I, 475     (610) 337-5000, (800)    RidsRgn1MailCenter@nrc.

 District of Columbia, Maine,           Allendale Road, King     432-1156, TDD: (301)     gov

 Maryland, Massachusetts, New           of Prussia, PA 19406-    415-5575.

 Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,       1415.

 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and

 Vermont

Region II: Alabama, Florida, Georgia,  USNRC, Region II, Sam    (404) 562-4400, (800)    RidsRgn2Mail

 Kentucky, Mississippi, North           Nunn Atlanta Federal     877-8510, TDD: (301)     Center@nrc.gov

 Carolina, Puerto Rico, South           Center, Suite 23T85,     415-5575.

 Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,         61 Forsyth Street, SW,

 Virgin Islands, and West Virginia      Atlanta, GA 30303-8931.

Region III: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,   USNRC, Region III, 801   (630) 829-9500, (800)    RidsRgn3MailCenter@nrc.

 Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio    Warrenville Road,        522-3025, TDD: (301)     gov

 and Wisconsin                          Lisle, IL 60532-4351.    415-5575.



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Region IV: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,  USNRC, Region IV, 611    (817) 860-8100, (800)    RidsRgn4MailCenter@nrc.

 California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,   Ryan Plaza Drive,        952-9677, TDD: (301)     gov

 Kansas, Louisiana, Montana,            Suite 400, Arlington,    415-5575.

 Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North    TX 76011-4005.

 Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South

 Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington,

 Wyoming, and the U.S. territories

 and possessions in the Pacific

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                      Classified Mailing Addresses

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                                                           Address

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NRC Headquarters..................................  U.S. NRC, Caller Box

                                                     2500, Rockville, MD

                                                     20852.

Region I..........................................  U.S. NRC, 475

                                                     Allendale Road,

                                                     King of Prussia, PA

                                                     19406.

Region II.........................................  U.S. NRC, Region II,

                                                     P.O. Box 2257,

                                                     Atlanta, GA 30303

Region III........................................  U.S. NRC, Region

                                                     III, 801

                                                     Warrenville Road,

                                                     Lisle, IL 60532-

                                                     4351.

Region IV.........................................  U.S. NRC, Region IV,

                                                     611 Ryan Plaza

                                                     Drive, Suite 4000,

                                                     Arlington, TX

                                                     76011.

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    I. Classified mail shall be transmitted in accordance with Sec. 

95.39 of this chapter to the appropriate NRC classified mailing address 

listed in this appendix.

    II. Classified documents may be hand delivered to the NRC to the 

appropriate NRC street address listed in this appendix. Hand delivered 

classified documents shall be transmitted in accordance with Sec. 95.39 

of this chapter.



[68 FR 58820, Oct. 10, 2003]



     Appendix B to Part 73--General Criteria for Security Personnel



                            Table of Contents



Introduction.

Definitions.

Criteria.

I. Employment suitability and qualification.

A. Suitability.

B. Physical and mental qualifications.

C. Medical examination and physical fitness qualifications.

D. Contract security personnel.

E. Physical and medical requalification.

F. Documentation.

II. Training and qualifications.

A. Training requirements.

B. Qualification requirements.

C. Contract personnel.

D. Security knowledge, skills, and abilities.

E. Requalification.

III. Weapons training and qualification.

IV. Weapons qualification and requalification program.

V. Guard, armed response personnel, and armed escort equipment.

A. Fixed site.

B. Transportation.



                              Introduction



    Security personnel who are responsible for the protection of special 

nuclear material on site or in transit and for the protection of the 

facility or shipment vehicle against radiological sabotage should, like 

other elements of the physical security system, be required to meet 

minimum criteria to ensure that they will effectively perform their 

assigned security-related job duties. In order to ensure that those 

individuals responsible for security are properly equipped and qualified 

to execute the job duties prescribed for them, the NRC has developed 

general criteria that specify security personnel qualification 

requirements.

    These general criteria establish requirements for the selection, 

training, equipping, testing, and qualification of individuals who will 

be responsible for protecting special nuclear materials, nuclear 

facilities, and nuclear shipments.

    When required to have security personnel that have been trained, 

equipped, and qualified to perform assigned security job duties in 

accordance with the criteria in this appendix, the licensee must 

establish, maintain, and follow a plan that shows how the criteria will 

be met. The plan must be submitted to the NRC for approval and must be 

implemented within 30 days after approval by the



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NRC unless otherwise specified by the NRC in writing.



                               Definitions



    Terms defined in parts 50, 70, and 73 of this chapter have the same 

meaning when used in this appendix.



                                Criteria



I. Employment suitability and qualification.

    A. Suitability: 1. Prior to employment, or assignment to the 

security organization, an individual shall meet the following 

suitability criteria:

    a. Educational development--Possess a high school diploma or pass an 

equivalent performance examination designed to measure basic job-related 

mathematical, language, and reasoning skills, ability, and knowledge, 

required to perform security job duties.

    b. Felony convictions--Have no felony convictions involving the use 

of a weapon and no felony convictions that reflect on the individual's 

reliability.

    2. Prior to employment or assignment to the security organization in 

an armed capacity, the individual, in addition to (a) and (b) above, 

must be 21 years of age or older.

    B. Physical and mental qualifications. 1. Physical qualifications:

    a. Individuals whose security tasks and job duties are directly 

associated with the effective implementation of the licensee physical 

security and contingency plans shall have no physical weaknesses or 

abnormalities that would adversely affect their performance of assigned 

security job duties.

    b. In addition to a. above, guards, armed response personnel, armed 

escorts, and central alarm station operators shall successfully pass a 

physical examination administered by a licensed physician. The 

examination shall be designed to measure the individual's physical 

ability to perform assigned security job duties as identified in the 

licensee physical security and contingency plans. Armed personnel shall 

meet the following additional physical requirements:

    (1) Vision: (a) For each individual, distant visual acuity in each 

eye shall be correctable to 20/30 (Snellen or equivalent) in the better 

eye and 20/40 in the other eye with eyeglasses or contact lenses. If 

uncorrected distance vision is not at least 20/40 in the better eye, the 

individual shall carry an extra pair of corrective lenses. Near visual 

acuity, corrected or uncorrected, shall be at least 20/40 in the better 

eye. Field of vision must be at least 70[deg] horizontal meridian in 

each eye. The ability to distinguish red, green, and yellow colors is 

required. Loss of vision in one eye is disqualifying. Glaucoma shall be 

disqualifying, unless controlled by acceptable medical or surgical 

means, provided such medications as may be used for controlling glaucoma 

do not cause undesirable side effects which adversely affect the 

individual's ability to perform assigned security job duties, and 

provided the visual acuity and field of vision requirements stated above 

are met. On-the-job evaluation shall be used for individuals who exhibit 

a mild color vision defect.

    (b) Where corrective eyeglasses are required, they shall be of the 

safety glass type.

    (c) The use of corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses shall not 

interfere with an individual's ability to effectively perform assigned 

security job duties during normal or emergency operations.

    (2) Hearing: (a) Individuals shall have no hearing loss in the 

better ear greater than 30 decibels average at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 

2,000 Hz with no level greater that 40 decibels at any one frequency (by 

ISO 389 ``Standard Reference Zero for the Calibration of Puritone 

Audiometer'' (1975) or ANSI S3.6-1969 (R. 1973) ``Specifications for 

Audiometers''). ISO 389 and ANSI S3.6-1969 have been approved for 

incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register. A 

copy of each standard is available for inspection at the NRC Library, 

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738.

    (b) A hearing aid is acceptable provided suitable testing procedures 

demonstrate auditory acuity equivalent to the above stated requirement.

    (c) The use of a hearing aid shall not decrease the effective 

performance of the individual's assigned security job duties during 

normal or emergency operations.

    (3) Diseases--Individuals shall have no established medical history 

or medical diagnosis of epilepsy or diabetes, or, where such a condition 

exists, the individual shall provide medical evidence that the condition 

can be controlled with proper medication so that the individual will not 

lapse into a coma or unconscious state while performing assigned 

security job duties.

    (4) Addiction--Individuals shall have no established medical history 

or medical diagnosis of habitual alcoholism or drug addiction, or, where 

such a condition has existed, the individual shall provide certified 

documentation of having completed a rehabilitation program which would 

give a reasonable degree of confidence that the individual would be 

capable of performing assigned security job duties.

    (5) Other physical requirements--An individual who has been 

incapacitated due to a serious illness, injury, disease, or operation, 

which could interfere with the effective performance of assigned 

security job duties shall, prior to resumption of such duties, provide 

medical evidence of recovery and ability to perform such security job 

duties.

    2. Mental qualifications: a. Individuals whose security tasks and 

job duties are directly associated with the effective implementation of 

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and contingency plans shall demonstrate mental alertness and the 

capability to exercise good judgment, implement instructions, assimilate 

assigned security tasks, and possess the acuity of senses and ability of 

expression sufficient to permit accurate communication by written, 

spoken, audible, visible, or other signals required by assigned job 

duties.

    b. Armed individuals, and central alarm station operators, in 

addition to meeting the requirement stated in paragraph a. above, shall 

have no emotional instability that would interfere with the effective 

performance of assigned security job duties. The determination shall be 

made by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist, or physician, or other 

person professionally trained to identify emotional instability.

    c. The licensee shall arrange for continued observation of security 

personnel and for appropriate corrective measures by responsible 

supervisors for indications of emotional instability of individuals in 

the course of performing assigned security job duties. Identification of 

emotional instability by responsible supervisors shall be subject to 

verification by a licensed, trained person.

    C. Medical examinations and physical fitness qualifications--Guards, 

armed response personnel, armed escorts and other armed security force 

members shall be given a medical examination including a determination 

and written certification by a licensed physician that there are no 

medical contraindications as disclosed by the medical examination to 

participation by the individual in physical fitness tests. Subsequent to 

this medical examination, guards, armed response personnel, armed 

escorts and other armed security force members shall demonstrate 

physical fitness for assigned security job duties by performing a 

practical physical exercise program within a specific time period. The 

exercise program performance objectives shall be described in the 

license training and qualifications plan and shall consider job-related 

functions such as strenuous activity, physical exertion, levels of 

stress, and exposure to the elements as they pertain to each 

individual's assigned security job duties for both normal and emergency 

operations. The physical fitness qualification of each guard, armed 

response person, armed escort, and other security force member shall be 

documented and attested to by a licensee security supervisor. The 

licensee shall retain this documentation as a record for three years 

from the date of each qualification.

    D. Contract security personnel--Contract security personnel shall be 

required to meet the suitability, physical, and mental requirements as 

appropriate to their assigned security job duties in accordance with 

section I of this appendix.

    E. Physical requalification--At least every 12 months, central alarm 

station operators shall be required to meet the physical requirements of 

B.1.b of this section, and guards, armed response personnel, and armed 

escorts shall be required to meet the physical requirements of 

paragraphs B.1.b (1) and (2), and C of this section. The licensee shall 

document each individual's physical requalification and shall retain 

this documentation of requalification as a record for three years from 

the date of each requalification.

    F. Documentation--The results of suitability, physical, and mental 

qualifications data and test results must be documented by the licensee 

or the licensee's agent. The licensee or the agent shall retain this 

documentation as a record for three years from the date of obtaining and 

recording these results.

    G. Nothing herein authorizes or requires a licensee to investigate 

into or judge the reading habits, political or religious beliefs, or 

attitudes on social, economic, or political issues of any person.

II. Training and qualifications.

    A. Training requirements--Each individual who requires training to 

perform assigned security-related job tasks or job duties as identified 

in the licensee physical security or contingency plans shall, prior to 

assignment, be trained to perform these tasks and duties in accordance 

with the licensee or the licensee's agent's documented training and 

qualifications plan. The licensee or the agent shall maintain 

documentation of the current plan and retain this documentation of the 

plan as a record for three years after the close of period for which the 

licensee possesses the special nuclear material under each license for 

which the plan was developed and, if any portion of the plan is 

superseded, retain the material that is superseded for three years after 

each change.

    B. Qualification requirements--Each person who performs security-

related job tasks or job duties required to implement the licensee 

physical security or contingency plan shall, prior to being assigned to 

these tasks or duties, be qualified in accordance with the licensee's 

NRC-approved training and qualifications plan. The qualifications of 

each individual must be documented and attested by a licensee security 

supervisor. The licensee shall retain this documentation of each 

individual's qualifications as a record for three years after the 

employee ends employment in the security-related capacity and for three 

years after the close of period for which the licensee possesses the 

special nuclear material under each license, and superseded material for 

three years after each change.

    C. Contract personnel--Contract personnel shall be trained, 

equipped, and qualified as appropriate to their assigned security-

related job tasks or job duties, in accordance



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with sections II, III, IV, and V of this appendix. The qualifications of 

each individual must be documented and attested by a licensee security 

supervisor. The licensee shall retain this documentation of each 

individual's qualifications as a record for three years after the 

employee ends employment in the security-related capacity and for three 

years after the close of period for which the licensee possesses the 

special nuclear material under each license, and superseded material for 

three years after each change.

    D. Security knowledge, skills, and abilities--Each individual 

assigned to perform the security related task identified in the licensee 

physical security or contingency plan shall demonstrate the required 

knowledge, skill, and ability in accordance with the specified standards 

for each task as stated in the NRC approved licensee training and 

qualifications plan. The areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities that 

shall be considered in the licensee's training and qualifications plan 

are as follows:

    1. Protection of nuclear facilities, transport vehicles, and special 

nuclear material.

    2. NRC requirements and guidance for physical security at nuclear 

facilities and for transportation.

    3. The private security guard's role in providing physical 

protection for the nuclear industry.

    4. The authority of private guards.

    5. The use of nonlethal weapons.

    6. The use of deadly force.

    7. Power of arrest and authority to detain individuals.

    8. Authority to search individuals and seize property.

    9. Adversary group operations.

    10. Motivation and objectives of adversary groups.

    11. Tactics and force that might be used by adversary groups to 

achieve their objectives.

    12. Recognition of sabotage related devices and equipment that might 

be used against the licensee's facility or shipment vehicle.

    13. Facility security organization and operation.

    14. Types of physical barriers.

    15. Weapons, lock and key control system operation.

    16. Location of SNM and/or vital areas within a facility.

    17. Protected area security and vulnerability.

    18. Types of alarm systems used.

    19. Response and assessment to alarm annunciations and other 

indications of intrusion.

    20. Familiarization with types of special nuclear material 

processed.

    21. General concepts of fixed site security systems.

    22. Vulnerabilities and consequences of theft of special nuclear 

material or radiological sabotage of a facility.

    23. Protection of security system information.

    24. Personal equipment use and operation for normal and contingency 

operations.

    25. Surveillance and assessment systems and techniques.

    26. Communications systems operation, fixed site.

    27. Access control systems and operation for individuals, packages, 

and vehicles.

    28. Contraband detection systems and techniques.

    29. Barriers and other delay systems around material access or vital 

areas.

    30. Exterior and interior alarm systems operation.

    31. Duress alarm operation.

    32. Alarm stations operation.

    33. Response force organization.

    34. Response force mission.

    35. Response force operation.

    36. Response force engagement.

    37. Security command and control system during normal operation.

    38. Security command and control system during contingency 

operation.

    39. Transportation systems security organization and operation.

    40. Types of SNM transport vehicles.

    41. Types of SNM escort vehicles.

    42. Modes of transportation for SNM.

    43. Road transport security system command and control structure.

    44. Use of weapons.

    45. Communications systems operation for transportation, shipment to 

control center and intraconvoy.

    46. Vulnerabilities and consequences of theft of special nuclear 

material or radiological sabotage of a transport vehicle.

    47. Protection of transport system security information.

    48. Control of area around transport vehicle.

    49. Normal convoy techniques and operations.

    50. Familiarization with types of special nuclear materials shipped.

    51. Fixed post station operations.

    52. Access control system operation.

    53. Search techniques and systems for individuals, packages and 

vehicles.

    54. Escort and patrol responsibilities and operation.

    55. Contengency response to confirmed intrusion or attempted 

intrusion.

    56. Security system operation after component failure.

    57. Fixed site security information protection.

    58. Security coordination with local law enforcement agencies.

    59. Security and situation reporting, documentation and report 

writing.

    60. Contingency duties.

    61. Self defense.



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    62. Use of and defenses against incapacitating agents.

    63. Security equipment testing.

    64. Contingency procedures.

    65. Night vision devices and systems.

    66. Mechanics of detention.

    67. Basic armed and unarmed defensive tactics.

    68. Response force deployment.

    69. Security alert procedures.

    70. Security briefing procedures.

    71. Response force tactical movement.

    72. Response force withdrawal.

    73. Reponse force use of support fire.

    74. Response to bomb and attack threats.

    75. Response to civil disturbances (e.g., strikes, demonstrators).

    76. Response to confirmed attempted theft of special nuclear 

material and/or radiological sabotage of facilities.

    77. Response to hostage situations.

    78. Site specific armed tactical procedures and operation.

    79. Security response to emergency situations other than security 

incidents.

    80. Basic transportation defensive response tactics.

    81. Armed escort deployment.

    82. Armed escort adversary engagement.

    83. Armed escort formations.

    84. Armed escort use of weapons fire (tactical and combat).

    85. Armed escort and shipment movement under fire.

    86. Tactical convoying techniques and operations.

    87. Armed escort tactical exercises.

    88. Armed escort response to bomb and attack threats.

    89. Verification of shipment documentation and contents.

    90. Continuous surveillance of shipment vehicle.

    91. Normal and contingency operation for shipment mode transfer.

    92. Armed personnel procedures and operation during temporary 

storage between mode transfers of shipments.

    93. Armed escort threat assessment and response.

    94. System for and operation of shipment vehicle lock and key 

control.

    95. Techniques and procedures for isolation of shipment vehicle 

during a contingency situation.

    96. Transportation coordination with local law enforcement agencies.

    97. Procedures for verification of shipment locks and seals.

    98. Transportation security and situation reporting, documentation, 

and report writing.

    99. Procedures for shipment delivery and pickup.

    100. Transportation security system for escort by road, rail, air 

and sea.

    E. Requalification--Security personnel shall be requalified at least 

every 12 months to perform assigned security-related job tasks and 

duties for both normal and contingency operations. Requalification shall 

be in accordance with the NRC-approved licensee training and 

qualifications plan. The results of requalification must be documented 

and attested by a licensee security supervisor. The licensee shall 

retain this documentation of each individual's requalification as a 

record for three years from the date of each requalification.

III. Weapons training.

    A. Guards, armed response personnel and armed escorts requiring 

weapons training to perform assigned security related job tasks or job 

duties shall be trained in accordance with the licensees' documented 

weapons training programs. Each individual shall be proficient in the 

use of his assigned weapon(s) and shall meet prescribed standards in the 

following areas:

    1. Mechanical assembly, dissasembly, range penetration capability of 

weapon, and bullseye firing.

    2. Weapons cleaning and storage.

    3. Combat firing, day and night.

    4. Safe weapons handling.

    5. Clearing, loading, unloading, and reloading.

    6. When to draw and point a weapon.

    7. Rapid fire techniques.

    8. Close quarter firing.

    9. Stress firing.

    10. Zeroing assigned weapon(s).

IV. Weapons qualification and requalification program.

    Qualification firing for the handgun and the rifle must be for 

daylight firing, and each individual shall perform night firing for 

familiarization with assigned weapon(s). The results of weapons 

qualification and requalification must be documented by the licensee or 

the licensee's agent. Each individual shall be requalified at least 

every 12 months. The licensee shall retain this documentation of each 

qualification and requalification as a record for three years from the 

date of the qualification or requalification, as appropriate.

    A. Handgun--Guards, armed escorts and armed response personnel shall 

qualify with a revolver or semiautomatic pistol firing the national 

police course, or an equivalent nationally recognized course. Qualifying 

score shall be an accumulated total of 70 percent of the maximum 

obtainable score.

    B. Semiautomatic Rifle--Guards, armed escorts and armed response 

personnel, assigned to use the semiautomatic rifle by the licensee 

training and qualifications plan, shall qualify with a semiautomatic 

rifle by firing the 100-yard course of fire specified in section 17.5(1) 

of the National Rifle Association, High Power Rifle Rules book 

(effective



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March 15, 1976), \1\ or a nationally recognized equivalent course of 

fire. Targets used shall be as stated in section 17.5 for the 100-yard 

course. Time limits for individuals shall be as specified in section 8.2 

of the NRA rule book, regardless of the course fired. Qualifying score 

shall be an accumulated total of 80 percent of the maximum obtainable 

score.

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    \1\ Copies of the ``NRA High Power Rifle Rules'' may be examined at, 

or obtained from, the National Rifle Association, 1600 Rhode Island 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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    C. Shotgun--Guards, armed escorts, and armed response personnel 

assigned to use the 12 gauge shotgun by the licensee training and 

qualifications plan shall qualify with a full choke or improved modified 

choke 12 gauge shotgun firing the following course:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    No. Rounds   Target

             Range                   Position          \1\         \2\

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15 yds........................  Hip fire point...            4      B-27

25 yds........................  Shoulder.........            4      B-27

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\1\ The 4 rounds shall be fired at 4 separate targets within 10 seconds

  using 00 gauge (9 pellet) shotgun shells.

\2\ As set forth by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in its official

  rules and regulations, ``NRA Target Manufacturers Index,'' December

  1976. The Index has been approved for incorporation by reference by

  the Director of the Federal Register. A copy of the index is available

  for inspection at the NRC Library, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

  Maryland 20852-2738.



    To qualify the individual shall be required to place 50 percent of 

all pellets (36 pellets) within the black silhouette.

    D. Requalification--Individuals shall be weapons requalified at 

least every 12 months in accordance with the NRC approved licensee 

training and qualifications plan, and in accordance with the 

requirements stated in A, B, and C of this section.

V. Guard, armed response personnel, and armed escort equipment.

    A. Fixed Site--Fixed site guards and armed response personnel shall 

either be equipped with or have available the following security 

equipment appropriate to the individual's assigned contingency security 

related tasks or job duties as described in the licensee physical 

security and contingency plans:

    1. Semiautomatic rifles with following nominal minimum 

specifications:

    (a) .223 caliber.

    (b) Muzzle velocity, 1980 ft/sec.

    (c) Muzzle energy, 955 foot-pounds.

    (d) Magazine or clip load of 10 rounds.

    (e) Magazine reload, < 10 seconds.

    (f) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    2. 12 gauge shotguns with the following capabilities:

    (a) 4 round pump or semiautomatic.

    (b) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    (c) Full or modified choke.

    3. Semiautomatic pistols or revolvers with the following nominal 

minimum specifications:

    (a) .354 caliber.

    (b) Muzzle energy, 250 foot-pounds.

    (c) Full magazine or cylinder reload capability < 6 seconds.

    (d) Muzzle velocity, 850 ft/sec.

    (e) Full cylinder or magazine capacity, 6 rounds.

    (f) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    4. Ammunition:

    (a) For each assigned weapon as appropriate to the individual's 

assigned contingency security job duties and as readily available as the 

weapon:

    (1) 18 rounds per handgun.

    (2) 100 rounds per semiautomatic rifle.

    (3) 12 rounds each per shotgun (00 gauge and slug).

    (b) Ammunition available on site--two (2) times the amount stated in 

(a) above for each weapon.

    5. Personal equipment to be readily available for individuals whose 

assigned contingency security job duties, as described in the licensee 

physical security and contingency plans, warrant such equipment:

    (a) Helmet, combat.

    (b) Gas mask, full face.

    (c) Body armor (bullet-resistant vest).

    (d) Flashlights and batteries.

    (e) Baton.

    (f) Handcuffs.

    (g) Ammunition/equipment belt.

    6. Binoculars.

    7. Night vision aids, i.e., hand-fired illumination flares or 

equivalent.

    8. Tear gas or other nonlethal gas.

    9. Duress alarms.

    10. Two-way portable radios (handi-talkie) 2 channels minimum, 1 

operating and 1 emergency.

    B. Transportation--Armed escorts shall either be equipped with or 

have readily available the following security equipment appropriate to 

the individual's assigned contingency security related tasks or job 

duties, as described in the licensee physical security and contingency 

plans:

    1. Semiautomatic rifles with the following nominal minimum 

specifications:

    (a) .223 caliber.

    (b) Muzzle velocity, 1,980 ft/sec.

    (c) Muzzle energy, 955 foot-pounds.

    (d) Magazine or clip of 10 rounds.

    (e) Reload capability, 10 seconds.

    (f) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    2. 12 gauge shotguns.

    (a) 4 round pump or semiautomatic.

    (b) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    (c) Full or modified choke.



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    3. Semiautomatic pistols or revolvers with the following nominal 

minimum specifications:

    (a) .354 caliber.

    (b) Muzzle energy, 250 foot-pounds.

    (c) Full magazine or cylinder reload capability 6 seconds.

    (d) Muzzle velocity, 850 ft/sec.

    (e) Full cylinder or magazine capacity, 6 rounds.

    (f) Operable in any environment in which it will be used.

    4. Ammunition for each shipment.

    (a) For each assigned weapon as appropriate to the individual's 

assigned contingency security job duties and as readily available as the 

weapon:

    (1) 36 rounds per handgun.

    (2) 120 rounds per semiautomatic rifle.

    (3) 12 rounds each per shotgun (00 gauge and slug).

    5. Escort vehicles, bullet resisting, equipped with communications 

systems, red flares, first aid kit, emergency tool kit, tire changing 

equipment, battery chargers for radios (where appropriate, for 

recharging portable radio batteries).

    6. Personal equipment to be readily available for individuals whose 

assigned contingency security job duties, as described in the licensee 

physical security and contingency plans, warrant such equipment:

    (a) Helmet, combat.

    (b) Gas mask, full face.

    (c) Body armor (bullet-resistant vest).

    (d) Flashlights and batteries.

    (e) Baton.

    (f) Ammunition/equipment belt.

    (g) Pager/duress alarms.

    7. Binoculars.

    8. Night vision aids, i.e., hand-fired illumination flares or 

equivalent.

    9. Tear gas or other nonlethal gas.



[43 FR 37426, Aug. 23, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 2026, Jan. 8, 1981; 53 

FR 405, Jan. 7, 1988; 53 FR 19261, May 27, 1988; 57 FR 33432, July 29, 

1992; 57 FR 61787, Dec. 29, 1992; 59 FR 50689, Oct. 5, 1994]



      Appendix C to Part 73--Licensee Safeguards Contingency Plans



                              Introduction



    A licensee safeguards contingency plan is a documented plan to give 

guidance to licensee personnel in order to accomplish specific defined 

objectives in the event of threats, thefts, or radiological sabotage 

relating to special nuclear material or nuclear facilities licensed 

under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. An acceptable 

safeguards contingency plan must contain: (1) a predetermined set of 

decisions and actions to satisfy stated objectives, (2) an 

identification of the data, criteria, procedures, and mechanisms 

necessary to efficiently implement the decisions, and (3) a stipulation 

of the individual, group, or organizational entity responsible for each 

decision and action.

    The goals of licensee safeguards contingency plans for responding to 

threats, thefts, and radiological sabotage are:

    (1) to organize the response effort at the licensee level,

    (2) to provide predetermined, structured responses by licensees to 

safeguards contingencies,

    (3) to ensure the integration of the licensee response with the 

responses by other entities, and

    (4) to achieve a measurable performance in response capability.



Licensee safeguards contingency planning should result in organizing the 

licensee's resources in such a way that the participants will be 

identified, their several responsibilities specified, and the responses 

coordinated. The responses should be timely.

    It is important to note that a licensee's safeguards contingency 

plan is intended to be complementary to any emergency plans developed 

pursuant to appendix E to part 50 or to Sec. 70.22(i) of this chapter.



                          contents of the plan



    Each licensee safeguards contingency plan shall include five 

categories of information:

1. Background

2. Generic Planning Base

3. Licensee Planning Base

4. Responsibility Matrix

5. Procedures

    Although the implementing procedures (the fifth category of Plan 

information) are the culmination of the planning process, and therefore 

are an integral and important part of the safeguards contingency plan, 

they entail operating details subject to frequent changes. They need not 

be submitted to the Commission for approval, but will be inspected by 

NRC staff on a periodic basis. The licensee is responsible for ensuring 

that the implementing procedures reflect the information in the 

Responsibility Matrix, appropriately summarized and suitably presented 

for effective use by the responding entities.

    The following paragraphs describe the contents of the safeguards 

contingency plan.

    1. Background. Under the following topics, this category of 

information shall identify and define the perceived dangers and 

incidents with which the plan will deal and the general way it will 

handle these:

    a. Perceived Danger--A statement of the perceived danger to the 

security of special nuclear material, licensee personnel, and licensee 

property, including covert diversion of special nuclear material, 

radiological sabotage, and overt attacks. The statement of perceived 

danger should conform with that promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. (The statement contained in 10



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CFR 73.55(a) or subsequent Commission statements will suffice.)

    b. Purpose of the Plan--A discussion of the general aims and 

operational concepts underlying implementation of the plan.

    c. Scope of the Plan--A delineation of the types of incidents 

covered in the plan.

    d. Definitions--A list of terms and their definitions used in 

describing operational and technical aspects of the plan.

    2. Generic Planning Base. Under the following topics, this category 

of information shall define the criteria for initiation and termination 

of responses to safeguards contingencies together with the specific 

decisions, actions, and supporting information needed to bring about 

such responses:

    a. Identification of those events that will be used for signaling 

the beginning or aggravation of a safeguards contingency according to 

how they are perceived initially by licensee's personnel. Such events 

may include alarms or other indications signaling penetration of a 

protected area, vital area, or material access area; material control or 

material accounting indications of material missing or unaccounted for; 

or threat indications--either verbal, such as telephoned threats, or 

implied, such as escalating civil disturbances.

    b. Definition of the specific objective to be accomplished relative 

to each identified event. The objective may be to obtain a level of 

awareness about the nature and severity of the safeguards contingency in 

order to prepare for further responses; to establish a level of response 

preparedness; or to successfully nullify or reduce any adverse 

safeguards consequences arising from the contingency.

    3. Licensee Planning Base. This category of information shall 

include the factors affecting contingency planning that are specific for 

each facility or means of transportation. To the extent that the topics 

are treated in adequate detail in the licensee's approved physical 

security plan, they may be incorporated by cross reference to that plan. 

The following topics should be addressed:

    a. Licensee's Organizational Structure for Contingency Responses--A 

delineation of the organization's chain of command and delegation of 

authority as these apply to safeguards contingencies.

    b. Physical Layout--(i) Fixed Sites--A description of the physical 

structures and their location on the site, and a description of the site 

in relation to nearby town, roads, and other environmental features 

important to the effective coordination of response operations. 

Particular emphasis should be placed on main and alternate entry routes 

for law-enforcement assistance forces and the location of control points 

for marshalling and coordinating response activities.

    (ii) Transportation--A description of the vehicles, shipping routes, 

preplanned alternate routes, and related features.

    c. Safeguards Systems Hardware--A description of the physical 

security and accounting system hardware that influence how the licensee 

will respond to an event. Examples of systems to be discussed are 

communications, alarms, locks, seals, area access, armaments, and 

surveillance.

    d. Law Enforcement Assistance--A listing of available local law 

enforcement agencies and a description of their response capabilities 

and their criteria for response; and a discussion of working agreements 

or arrangements for communicating with these agencies.

    e. Policy Constraints and Assumptions--A discussion of State laws, 

local ordinances, and company policies and practices that govern 

licensee response to incidents. Examples that may be discussed include:

Use of deadly force;

Use of employee property;

Use of off-duty employees;

Site security jurisdictional boundaries.

    f. Administrative and Logistical Considerations--Descriptions of 

licensee practices that may have an influence on the response to 

safeguards contingency events. The considerations shall include a 

description of the procedures that will be used for ensuring that all 

equipment needed to effect a successful response to a safeguards 

contingency will be easily accessible, in good working order, and in 

sufficient supply to provide redundancy in case of equipment failure.

    4. Responsibility Matrix. This category of information consists of 

detailed identification of the organizational entities responsible for 

each decision and action associated with specific responses to 

safeguards contingencies. For each initiating event, a tabulation shall 

be made for each response entity depicting the assignment of 

responsibilities for all decisions and actions to be taken in response 

to the initiating event. (Not all entities will have assigned 

responsibilities for any given initiating event.) The tabulations in the 

Responsibility Matrix shall provide an overall picture of the response 

actions and their interrelationships. Safeguards responsibilities shall 

be assigned in a manner that precludes conflict in duties or 

responsibilities that would prevent the execution of the plan in any 

safeguards contingency.

    5. Procedures. In order to aid execution of the detailed plan as 

developed in the Responsibility Matrix, this category of information 

shall detail the actions to be taken and decisions to be made by each 

member or unit of the organization as planned in the Responsibility 

Matrix.



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                            Audit and Review



    (1) For nuclear facilities subject to the requirements of Sec. 

73.46, the licensee shall provide for a review of the safeguards 

contingency plan at intervals not to exceed 12 months. For nuclear power 

reactor licensees subject to the requirements of Sec. 73.55, the 

licensee shall provide for a review of the safeguards contingency plan 

either:

    (i) At intervals not to exceed 12 months, or

    (ii) As necessary, based on an assessment by the licensee against 

performance indicators, and as soon as reasonably practicable after a 

change occurs in personnel, procedures, equipment, or facilities that 

potentially could adversely affect security, but no longer than 12 

months after the change. In any case, each element of the safeguards 

contingency plan must be reviewed at least every 24 months.

    (2) A licensee subject to the requirements of either Sec. 73.46 or 

Sec. 73.55 shall ensure that the review of the safeguards contingency 

plan is by individuals independent of both security program management 

and personnel who have direct responsibility for implementation of the 

security program. The review must include an audit of safeguards 

contingency procedures and practices, and an audit of commitments 

established for response by local law enforcement authorities.

    (3) The licensee shall document the results and the recommendations 

of the safeguards contingency plan review, management findings on 

whether the safeguards contingency plan is currently effective, and any 

actions taken as a result of recommendations from prior reviews in a 

report to the licensee's plant manager and to corporate management at 

least one level higher than that having responsibility for the day-to-

day plant operation. The report must be maintained in an auditable form, 

available for inspection for a period of 3 years.



(Sec. 161i, Pub. L. 83-703, 68 Stat. 948, secs. 201, 204(b)(1), Pub L. 

93-438, 88 Stat. 1243, 1245 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 5841, 5844))



[43 FR 11965, Mar. 23, 1978; 43 FR 14007, Apr. 4, 1978, as amended at 57 

FR 33432, July 29, 1992; 64 FR 14818, Mar. 29, 1999]



Appendix D to Part 73--Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in 

               Transit, Training Program Subject Schedule



    Pursuant to the provision of Sec. 73.37 of 10 CFR part 73, each 

licensee who transports or delivers to a carrier for transport 

irradiated reactor fuel is required to assure that individuals used as 

shipment escorts have completed a training program. The subjects that 

are to be included in this training program are as follows:



                            Security Enroute



--Route planning and selection

--Vehicle operation

--Procedures at stops

--Detours and use of alternate routes



                             Communications



--Equipment operation

--Status reporting

--Contacts with law enforcement units

--Communications discipline

--Procedures for reporting incidents



                       Radiological Considerations



--Description of the radioactive cargo

--Function and characteristics of the shipping casks

--Radiation hazards

--Federal, State and local ordinances relative to the shipment of 

          radioactive materials

--Responsible agencies



                        Response to Contingencies



--Accidents

--Severe weather conditions

--Vehicle breakdown

--Communications problems

--Radioactive ``spills''

--Use of special equipment (flares, emergency lighting, etc.)



                           Response to Threats



--Reporting

--Calling for assistance

--Use of immobilization features

--Hostage situations

--Avoiding suspicious situations

    The licensee is also required to assure that armed individuals 

serving as shipment escorts, other than members of local law enforcement 

agencies, have completed a weapons training and qualifications program 

equivalent to that required of guards, as described in III and IV of 

appendix B of this part, to assure that each such individual is fully 

qualified to use weapons assigned him.



[44 FR 34468, June 15, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 34710, June 3, 1980]



 Appendix E to Part 73--Levels of Physical Protection To Be Applied in 

             International Transport of Nuclear Material \1\

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    \1\ See appendix C to part 110 of this chapter from the physical 

description of the categories of nuclear material as set forth in Annex 

I to the Convention. For the purposes of this part, the following 

categories of nuclear material are synonymous:

    Category I is a formula quantity of strategic special nuclear 

material;

    Category II is special nuclear material of moderate strategic 

significance or irradiated fuel; and

    Category III is special nuclear material of low strategic 

significance.

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    (Verbatim from Annex I to the Convention on the Physical Protection 

of Nuclear Material)



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    (a) Levels of physical protection for nuclear material during 

storage incidental to international nuclear transport include:

    (1) For Category III materials, storage within an area to which 

access is controlled;

    (2) For Category II materials, storage within an area under constant 

surveillance by guards or electronic devices, surrounded by a physical 

barrier with a limited number of points of entry under appropriate 

control or any area with an equivalent level of physical protection;

    (3) For Category I material, storage within a protected area as 

defined for Category II, to which, in addition, access is restricted to 

persons whose trustworthiness has been determined, and which is under 

surveillance by guards who are in close communication with appropriate 

response forces. Specific measures taken in this context should have as 

their objective the detection and prevention of any assault, 

unauthorized access, or unauthorized removal of material.

    (b) Levels of physical protection for nuclear material during 

international transport include:

    (1) For Category II and III materials, transportation shall take 

place under special precautions including prior arrangements among 

sender, receiver, and carrier, and prior agreement between natural or 

legal persons subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of exporting 

and importing States, specifying time, place and procedures for 

transferring transport responsibility;

    (2) For Category I materials, transportation shall take place under 

special precautions identified for transportation of Category II and III 

materials, and in addition, under constant surveillance by escorts and 

under conditions which assure close communication with appropriate 

response forces;

    (3) For natural uranium other than in the form of ore or ore 

residue, transportation protection for quantities exceeding 500 

kilograms U shall include advance notification of shipment specifying 

mode of transport, expected time of arrival and [shall provide for] 

confirmation of receipt of shipment.



[52 FR 9654, Mar. 26, 1987]



Appendix F to Part 73--Nations That Are Parties to the Convention on the 

               Physical Protection of Nuclear Material \1\

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    \1\ An update list of party nations will appear annually in the 

Department of State's publication, Treaties in Force. Appendix F will be 

amended as required to maintain its currency.



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                                                 Date of deposit of

                  Nation                     instrument of ratification

                                                    with the IAEA

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Brazil....................................  Oct. 17, 1985.

Bulgaria..................................  May 2, 1984.

Canada....................................  Mar. 21, 1986.

Czechoslovakia............................  Apr. 23, 1982.

German Democratic Republic (E. Germany)...  Feb. 5, 1981.

Guatemala.................................  Apr. 23, 1985.

Hungary...................................  May 4, 1984.

Indonesia.................................  Nov. 5, 1986.

Korea, Republic of........................  Apr. 7, 1982.

Liechtenstein.............................  Nov. 25, 1986.

Mongolia..................................  May 28, 1986.

Norway....................................  Aug. 15, 1985.

Paraguay..................................  Feb. 6, 1985.

Philippines...............................  Sept. 22, 1981.

Poland....................................  Oct. 5, 1983.

Sweden....................................  Aug. 1, 1980.

Switzerland...............................  Jan. 9, 1987.

Turkey....................................  Feb. 27, 1985.

Yugoslavia................................  May 14, 1986.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republic........  May 25, 1983.

United States of America..................  Dec. 13, 1982.

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[52 FR 9654, Mar. 26, 1987]



           Appendix G to Part 73--Reportable Safeguards Events



    Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 73.71 (b) and (c), licensees 

subject to the provisions of 10 CFR 73.20, 73.37, 73.50, 73.55, 73.60, 

and 73.67 shall report or record, as appropriate, the following 

safeguards events.

    I. Events to be reported within one hour of discovery, followed by a 

written report within 60 days.

    (a) Any event in which there is reason to believe that a person has 

commited or caused, or attempted to commit or cause, or has made a 

credible threat to commit or cause:

    (1) A theft or unlawful diversion of special nuclear material; or

    (2) Significant physical damage to a power reactor or any facility 

possessing SSNM or its equipment or carrier equipment transporting 

nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel, or to the nuclear fuel or spent 

nuclear fuel a facility or carrier possesses; or

    (3) Interruption of normal operation of a licensed nuclear power 

reactor through the unauthorized use of or tampering with its machinery, 

components, or controls including the security system.



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    (b) An actual entry of an unauthorized person into a protected area, 

material access area, controlled access area, vital area, or transport.

    (c) Any failure, degradation, or the discovered vulnerability in a 

safeguard system that could allow unauthorized or undetected access to a 

protected area, material access area, controlled access area, vital 

area, or transport for which compensatory measures have not been 

employed.

    (d) The actual or attempted introduction of contraband into a 

protected area, material access area, vital area, or transport.

    II. Events to be recorded within 24 hours of discovery in the 

safeguards event log.

    (a) Any failure, degradation, or discovered vulnerability in a 

safeguards system that could have allowed unauthorized or undetected 

access to a protected area, material access area, controlled access 

area, vital area, or transport had compensatory measures not been 

established.

    (b) Any other threatened, attempted, or committed act not previously 

defined in appendix G with the potential for reducing the effectiveness 

of the safeguards system below that committed to in a licensed physical 

security or contingency plan or the actual condition of such reduction 

in effectiveness.



[52 FR 21658, June 9, 1987, as amended at 60 FR 13618, Mar. 14, 1995; 68 

FR 33617, June 5, 2003]



          Appendix H to Part 73--Weapons Qualification Criteria



    The B-27 Target or a target of equivalent difficulty will be used 

for all weapon qualification testing.



                                                       Table H-1--Minimum Day Firing Criteria \1\

                                                           [see footnotes at end of Table H-1]

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                                             String                     Number of

               Weapon                 Stage    \2\        Distance        rounds         Timing \3\               Position                Scoring

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Handgun............................       1       1  3 yards..........          6  9 seconds.............  Draw and fire 2 rounds  Minimum qualifying =

                                                  2                                                         (repeat 2 times) 3      70%.

                                                  3                                                         seconds each string.

                                          2       1  7 yards..........          6  10 seconds............  Draw and fire 2 rounds

                                                  2                                                         at center mass and 1

                                                                                                            round at the head

                                                                                                            (repeat once) 5

                                                                                                            seconds each string.

                                          3       1  7 yards..........          6  12 seconds (4 seconds   Using weaker hand

                                                  2                                 each string).           only, from the low

                                                  3                                                         ready position, fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds (repeat

                                                                                                            twice).

                                          4       1  10 yards.........          2  4 seconds.............  Draw and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds, come to low

                                                                                                            ready position.

                                     ......       2  10 yards.........          2  3 seconds.............  Fire 2 rounds from low

                                                                                                            ready position and

                                                                                                            reholster.

                                     ......       3  10 yards.........          4  12 seconds (revolver)   Draw and fire 2

                                                                                    10 seconds              rounds, reload, fire

                                                                                    (semiautomatic).        2 rounds and

                                                                                                            reholster.

                                     ......       4  10 yards.........          2  4 seconds.............  Draw and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds, come to low

                                                                                                            ready position.

                                     ......       5  10 yards.........          2  3 seconds.............  Fire 2 rounds from low

                                                                                                            ready position and

                                                                                                            reholster.

                                          5       1  15 yards.........          2  5 seconds.............  Standing, draw weapon,

                                                                                                            move to kneeling

                                                                                                            position, then fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds and reholster.

                                     ......       2  15 yards.........          2  5 seconds.............  Standing, draw weapon,

                                                                                                            move to kneeling

                                                                                                            position, then fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds and reholster.

                                          5       3  15 yards.........          4  14 seconds (revolver)   Standing, draw weapon,  Minimum qualifying =

                                                                                    12 seconds              fire 2 rounds, move     70%.

                                                                                    (semiautomatic).        to kneeling position

                                                                                                            and fire 2 rounds,

                                                                                                            reload and reholster.

                                     ......       4  15 yards.........          2  5 seconds.............  Draw weapon and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds standing, come

                                                                                                            to low ready position

                                                                                                            and....

                                     ......       5  15 yards.........          2  3 seconds.............  Fire 2 rounds from low

                                                                                                            ready.

                                          6       1  25 yards.........          2  5 seconds.............  Draw and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds, standing,

                                                                                                            left side of

                                                                                                            barricade.

                                     ......       2  25 yards.........          2  5 seconds.............  Draw and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds, right side of

                                                                                                            barricade (standing).



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                                     ......       3  25 yards.........          4  15 seconds (revolver)   Draw weapon and move

                                                                                    12 seconds (semi-       from standing to

                                                                                    automatic).             kneeling position,

                                                                                                            fire 2 rounds, left

                                                                                                            side of barricade,

                                                                                                            reload, and from the

                                                                                                            kneeling position,

                                                                                                            fire 2 rounds, right

                                                                                                            side of barricade.

                                     ......       4  25 yards.........          2  10 seconds............  Draw weapon and move

                                                                                                            from standing to

                                                                                                            prone, fire 2 rounds.

                                     ......       5  25 yards.........          2  10 seconds............  Draw weapon and move

                                                                                                            from standing to

                                                                                                            prone, fire 2 rounds.

                                          7       1  50 yards.........          2  8 seconds.............  Draw weapon and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds from a

                                                                                                            standing barricade

                                                                                                            position (right or

                                                                                                            left side, shooter's

                                                                                                            option).

                                     ......       2  50 yards.........          2  10 seconds............  Draw weapon and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds from a

                                                                                                            kneeling barricade

                                                                                                            position (right or

                                                                                                            left side, shooter's

                                                                                                            option).

                                     ......       3  50 yards.........          2  12 seconds............  Draw weapon and fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds from prone

                                                                                                            position.

Shotgun............................       1       1  7 yards..........   2 Double  4 seconds.............  At low ready position   Minimum qualifying =

                                                                          0 buck-                           fire 2 rounds           70%.

                                                                             shot                           standing.

                                          2       1  15 yards.........   4 Double  15 seconds............  At low ready position

                                                  2                       0 buck-                           fire 2 rounds

                                                                             shot                           standing, reload and

                                                                                                            fire 2 rounds.

                                          3       1  25 yards.........   4 rifled  20 seconds............  On command, load 4

                                                  2                      slugs or                           rounds and fire 2

                                                                         00 buck-                           rounds standing and 2

                                                                             shot                           rounds kneeling.

Rifle..............................       1       1  15 yards.........          6  10 seconds (4 seconds   Standing in low ready   Minimum qualifying =

                                                  2                                 for 1st string, 3       position, move to       70%.

                                                  3                                 seconds for each of     standing point

                                                                                    2nd and 3rd string).    shoulder position (1

                                                                                                            magazine loaded with

                                                                                                            6 rounds, weapon in

                                                                                                            half-load

                                                                                                            configuration), fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds per string.

                                          2       1  25 yards.........          6  11 seconds (5 seconds   Standing in low ready

                                                  2                                 for 1st string, 3       position, move to

                                                  3                                 seconds for each of     standing point

                                                                                    2nd and 3rd string).    shoulder position (1

                                                                                                            magazine loaded with

                                                                                                            6 rounds, weapon in

                                                                                                            half-load

                                                                                                            configuration), fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds per string.

                                          3       1  25 yards.........          6  17 seconds (7 seconds   Standing in low ready

                                                  2                                 for 1st string, 5       position, move to

                                                  3                                 seconds for each of     kneeling point

                                                                                    2nd and 3rd string).    shoulder position (1

                                                                                                            magazine loaded with

                                                                                                            6 rounds, weapon in

                                                                                                            half-load

                                                                                                            configuration), fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds per string.

                                          4       1  50 yards.........          4  16 seconds (9 seconds   Standing in low ready

                                                  2                                 for 1st string, 7       position, move to

                                                                                    second for 2nd          kneeling point

                                                                                    string).                shoulder position (1

                                                                                                            magazine loaded with

                                                                                                            4 rounds, weapon in

                                                                                                            half-load

                                                                                                            configuration), fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds per string.

                                       \4\5       1  50 yards.........          4  20 seconds............  Standing in low ready   Minimum qualifying =

                                                                                                            position, move to       70%.

                                                                                                            prone (weapon in half-

                                                                                                            load configuration)

                                                                                                            with two magazines

                                                                                                            each loaded with 2

                                                                                                            rounds, fire 2

                                                                                                            rounds, reload with

                                                                                                            2nd magazine and fire

                                                                                                            2 rounds.

                                       \4\6       1  100 yards........          4  25 seconds............  Standing in low ready

                                                                                                            position, move to

                                                                                                            prone (weapon in half-

                                                                                                            load configuration)

                                                                                                            two magazines each

                                                                                                            loaded with 2 rounds,

                                                                                                            fire 2 rounds, reload

                                                                                                            with 2nd magazine and

                                                                                                            fire 2 rounds.

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Footnotes:

\1\ This day firing qualifications course is to be used by all TRT members, armed response personnel, and guards.

\2\ A string is one of the different phases within a single stage.



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\3\ Security personnel will be timed as shown.

\4\ Stages 5 and 6 are to be used for .30 caliber or larger rifles.





                                                        Table H-2--Minimum Night Firing Criteria

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             Weapon               Stage      Distance        No. of rounds         Timing             Position           Scoring            Lighting

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Handgun (Rev.).................       1  7 yds...........  12..............  35 seconds........  Standing-no        Minimum            For all courses

                                                                                                  artificial         qualifying=70%.    0.2 footcandles

                                                                                                  support.                              at center mass

                                                                                                                                        of target area.

                                      2  15 yds..........  12..............  45 seconds........

Handgun (Semi-)................       1  7 yds...........  2+clip..........  30 seconds........  Standing-no

                                                                                                  artificial

                                                                                                  support.

                                      2  15 yds..........  2+clip..........  40 seconds........

Shotgun........................       1  25 yds..........  2 rifled slugs..  30 seconds (Load 2  Standing-strong    Rifled slug

                                                                              slugs--chamber      shoulder.          hits=strike area

                                                                              empty--Time                            on target (10,

                                                                              starts--Commence                       9, 7).

                                                                              firing).

                                      1  15 yds..........  5 Double 0        10 seconds (Load    Standing-strong    Double 0

                                                            buckshot.         5rds Buckshot--     shoulder.          Buckshot: Hits

                                                                              chamber, empty--                       in black=2 pts

                                                                              Time starts--                          (5rds x 9

                                                                              Commence firing).                      pellets/rd x 2

                                                                                                                     pts=90) Minimum

                                                                                                                     qualifying=70%.

Rifle..........................       1  25 yds..........  1-5rd mag.......  45 sec............  Standing-          Minimum

                                                                                                  barricade.         qualifying=70%.

                                      2  25 yds..........  1-5rd mag.......  45 sec............  Standing.........

                                      3  25 yds..........  1-5rd mag.......  45 sec............  Kneeling.........

                                      4  25 yds..........  1-5rd mag.......  45 sec............  Prone ...........

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Note.--All firing is to be done only at night. Use of night simulation equipment during daylight is not allowable. Use of site specific devices (i.e.,

  laser, etc.) should be included in the licensee amended security plan for NRC approval.





[58 FR 45785, Aug. 31, 1993]