[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2435-2436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-535]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73


Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power 
Reactor Facilities; Issuance of Draft Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG).

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series (DG-
5015).

DATES: The comment period closes on February 25, 2008. Comments 
received after that date will be considered if it is practical to do 
so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Gordon, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, phone: (301) 415-6671 or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The NRC has issued for public comment a draft guide in the agency's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public such information as methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff 
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Training and Qualification 
of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities,'' is 
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-5015, which should be 
mentioned in all related correspondence. DG-5015 provides an approach 
acceptable to the NRC for the training and qualification of security 
personnel at nuclear power reactor facilities. Title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations Part 73 (10 CFR part 73), ``Physical Protection of 
Plants and Materials,'' Sec.  73.55, ``Requirements for physical 
protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against 
radiological sabotage,'' paragraph (c)(4), requires NRC nuclear power 
reactor licensees to establish, maintain and follow a Commission-
approved training and qualification plan that describes how the 
criteria set forth in Appendix B to 10 CFR part 73, ``General Criteria 
for Security Personnel,'' Section VI, ``Nuclear Power Reactor Training 
and Qualification Plan'' will be implemented. Consistent with the 
requirements of 10 CFR 73.55(d)(5)(i) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part 73, 
Section VI, paragraph A.2, the licensee is responsible for ensuring 
that security personnel are adequately trained, equipped, and qualified 
to effectively perform their assignments and implement the site 
physical protection program through site-specific security measures, 
management controls, and protective strategies in a manner that 
satisfies Commission requirements and provides high assurance of public 
health and safety, protection of the environment, and common defense 
and security.
    DG-5015 contains draft guidance on how licensees should select, 
train, equip, test, qualify, and re-qualify armed and unarmed security 
personnel, watchpersons, and other members of the security organization 
to ensure that these individuals possess and maintain the knowledge, 
skills, and abilities required to carry out their assigned duties and 
responsibilities effectively. The approaches and examples described in 
DG-5015 would provide one methodology for satisfying the Commission 
requirements in Appendix B, Section VI, for the training and 
qualification of security personnel at nuclear power reactor facilities 
to include: (1) Minimum requirements for employment suitability and 
qualification; (2) minimum physical qualifications; (3) minimum 
psychological qualifications; (4) re-qualification of personnel; (5) 
duty and on-the-job training; (6) weapons and tactical response 
training and exercises; (7) demonstration of individual capabilities 
and qualifications; (8) readiness of security personnel to perform 
assignments; (9) maintenance of equipment and program records; and (10) 
the conduct of self audits and reviews.
    DG-5015 would be applicable to operating reactors licensed in 
accordance with 10 CFR parts 50 and 52. Power reactor licensees and 
applicants subject to the requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 must comply only 
with the requirements in Appendix B to 10 CFR part 73, Section VI, and 
should consider the draft guidance in developing and implementing a 
site-specific training and qualification program. Applicants for an 
operating license should also consider this guidance in preparing an 
application for a combined license (COL) under 10 CFR part 52.
    DG-5015 is based on the proposed rule, ``Power Reactor Security 
Requirements,'' which was published in the Federal Register, 71 FR 
62664, on Thursday, October 26, 2006. The proposed rule should be 
considered during review of the draft guide.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-5015. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-5015 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or 
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their 
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your 
comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: [email protected].
    3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

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    4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 
415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about DG-5015 may be directed to 
the NRC Senior Program Manager, Dennis Gordon at (301) 415-6671 or e-
mail at [email protected].
    Electronic copies of DG-5015 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in 
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. 
ML073550020. In addition, regulatory guides are available for 
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is 
USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by 
telephone at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-
3548, and by e-mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of January, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commisison.
Andrea Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-535 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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