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DCCUNEIT RESURE
019142 - [A1312269]
Nuclear R-egulatory Ccmnissiob Security Programs. Ray 2, 1977. 15
pp. * enclosure (1 pp.).
Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce: Energy and Power Subcommittee; by Monte Canfield, Jr..
Director, Energy and Minerals Div.
Issue Area- Energy (1600).
COLraZ.t: Energy and minerals Div.
Budget Functicn: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Energy (305).
Organizaticn Concerned: Energy Research and Development
Administration; Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce: Energy and Power Subcommittee.
Authority: Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. B.S. 2788 (95th
Cong.). S. 266 (95th Cong.).
Investigation of nuclear ;owerplants security and the
Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission's (NBC) inspection and regulation
of the security showed the systems to be inadequate. new
regulations set up by NRC are an improvement, tut further action
needs to be taken, especially in regara to the hiring and
training of guards. commercial nuclear fuel facilities also need
tighter security systems, although NRC has more etringent
guidelines set up for the commercial plants than for the
noncommercial ones. The primary concern at ccmnercial plants is
the control of dangerous special nuclear material, which are
potential targets of terrorist groups. Since accounting for
special nuclear materials is extremely complex, some discrepancy
between physical and book inventorfes is expected. The
discrepancies uhich cannot be reconciled are termed material
unaccounted for (RUP). Since licensed facilities began
operating in 1955, the HUF at major commercial facilities has
amounted to thousands of kilograms of special nuclear materials.
The physical security systems are increasingly critical because
of the imprecisions of accounting for the special nuclear
materials, but GAO found serious weaknesses in the systems. The
weaknesses included improperly tested security alarms, unclear
requirements of the placement of armed guards, poor personnel
search and access ccutrol practices, and lack cf emergency
lighting in certain key security areas. (Author/SS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxtr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)