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GAO-13-513R 1 (2013-04-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpmb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-324617 April 4, 2013 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable David Vitter Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Physical Protection of Byproduct Material Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (NRC) entitled Physical Protection of Byproduct Material (RIN: 3150-AI12). We received the rule on March 21, 2013. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 19, 2013, with an effective date of May 20, 2013, and a compliance date of March 19, 2014. 78 Fed. Reg. 16,922. The final rule establishes security requirements for the use and transport of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. NRC considers these quantities to be risk significant and, therefore, to warrant additional protection. Category 1 and category 2 thresholds are based on the quantities established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which the NRC endorses. The objective of this final rule is to provide reasonable assurance of preventing the theft or diversion of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The regulations also include security requirements for the transportation of irradiated reactor fuel that weighs 100 grams or less in net weight of irradiated fuel. The final rule affects any licensee that possesses an aggregated category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material, any licensee that transports these materials using ground transportation, and any licensee that transports small quantities of irradiated reactor GAO-13-513R

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