AEC EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING STRENGTHENED PHYSICAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS

Year
1974
Author(s)
R.G. Page - United States Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract
New requirements for the physical protection of special nuclear material against theft andnuclear plants against industrial sabotage were published in effective form on November 6, 1973. The new require- ments applied to licensees who are authorized to use or possess at any site or contiguous sites special nuclear material consisting of uran- ium-233, plutonium, or uranium enriched to 20% or more in the U-235 isotope in a quantity of 5,000 grams or more as computed by the formula grams = grams U-235 + 2.5 (grams U-233 + grams Pu).