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Introduction and user's information for the fixed site physical protection upgrade rule guidance compendium

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5295228
Licensees at fixed sites who possess, use, process, or handle strategic special nuclear material are required to design a physical system to protect this material. This report suggests an orderly process for using guidance, with special emphasis on two regulatory guides and two NUREG series documents that constitute a compendium, to aid in the design of a physical security system that meets the requirements of the final Physical Protection Upgrade Rule. The rule was published November 28, 1979 (44 FR 68184), and became effective March 25, 1980. 1 fig.
Research Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
OSTI ID:
5295228
Report Number(s):
NUREG-0506; ON: TI86900074
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English