§16041 Nuclear facility and materials security

Summary

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must assign a Federal security coordinator to each of its regions within 18 months after August 8, 2005. Each coordinator must talk with the Commission and Federal, State, and local officials about threats, watch certain kinds of facilities to make sure their security matches the current threat level and security plans, and help match up private security forces with government authorities when needed. For any licensed nuclear power plant that has more than 15,000,000 people living within 50 miles (by the 2000 census), the Commission must require backup power for the plant’s emergency notification system, including sirens, if the alternating current supply inside the 10-mile emergency planning zone is lost, and this requirement must be in place within 18 months after August 8, 2005. Within 18 months after August 8, 2005, the Commission must issue final rules to carry out these duties and the changes made by this law. The rules must define the term “discrete source,” work with States as much as possible, and use model State standards that existed on August 8, 2005. The rules must include a transition plan for how regulatory authority over byproduct material will move between the Commission and States, and they must say when a State can have that authority. A State agreement already in place will count for newer definitions of byproduct material if the Governor certifies on the plan’s publication date that the State’s licensing program is adequate and that the State will keep enforcing it. The Commission must consider how rules affect the supply of radiopharmaceuticals to doctors and patients. The Commission may grant waivers for requirements about byproduct material if the waiver still protects public health, safety, and security, but it cannot waive certain amendments and some waivers end after 1 year or 4 years as specified. Any waiver must be published in the Federal Register. Definitions: - discrete source — a specific kind of radioactive source the Commission will define for the rules. - byproduct material — the materials described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 2014(e) of this title.