Statement before the Energy and Diminishing Materials Committee of the California Legislative Assembly. Legislative testimony

Technical Report · Tue Nov 18 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7241385

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This statement provides an overview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's safeguards requirements for the protection of nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel reprocessing and fabrication facilities and special nuclear material in transit. Safeguards measures to meet these requirements are employed to prevent the theft or diversion of significant amounts of nuclear materials and prevent the sabotage of nuclear facilities which would be inimical to the national security or to the public health and safety. The statement includes a discussion of sabotage vulnerability of nuclear reactors, the consequences of theft of nuclear materials and the increased plutonium handling requirements associated with the widescale use of plutonium in light water reactors and the use of breeder reactors. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. (USA). Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
• OSTI ID: 7241385
• Report Number(s): PB-247890; NUREG-75/114
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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