Section 337.1010 Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Category 1 or Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material

Section 337.1010  Personnel Access Authorization

Requirements for Category 1 or Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material

a)         General

1)         Each

licensee that possesses an aggregated quantity of radioactive material at or

above the category 2 threshold shall establish, implement and maintain its

access authorization program in accordance with the requirements of this

Subpart.

2)         An

applicant for a new license and each licensee that would become newly subject

to the requirements of this Subpart upon application for modification of its

license shall implement the requirements of this Subpart, as appropriate,

before taking possession of an aggregated category 1 or category 2 quantity of

radioactive material.

3)         Any

licensee that has not previously implemented the Security Orders, legally

binding requirements of the Agreement States or been subject to the provisions

of this Subpart B shall implement the provisions of this Subpart B before

aggregating radioactive material to a quantity that equals or exceeds the

category 2 threshold.

AGENCY NOTE:  Security orders

refers to any order that was issued by the NRC or an amendment to a license issued

by IEMA that required fingerprints and an FBI criminal history records check

for access to safeguards information, safeguards information-modified handling,

or risk significant material.

b)         General

Performance Objective

The licensee's access

authorization program shall ensure that the individuals specified in subsection

r that was issued by the NRC or an amendment to a license issued

by IEMA that required fingerprints and an FBI criminal history records check

for access to safeguards information, safeguards information-modified handling,

or risk significant material.

b)         General

Performance Objective

The licensee's access

authorization program shall ensure that the individuals specified in subsection

(c)(1) are trustworthy and reliable.

c)         Applicability

1)         Licensees

shall subject the following individuals to an access authorization program:

A)        Any

individual whose assigned duties require unescorted access to category 1 or category

2 quantities of radioactive material or to any device that contains the

radioactive material; and

B)        Reviewing

officials.

2)         Licensees

need not subject the categories of individuals listed in Section 337.1050(a) to

the investigation elements of the access authorization program identified in

Section 337.1030.

3)         Licensees

shall approve for unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of

radioactive material only those individuals with job duties that require

unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive

material.