Information Notice 1999-16, Federal Bureau of Investigations Nuclear Site Security Program

Federal Bureau of Investigations Nuclear Site Security Program
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Site:	Beaver Valley, Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Calvert Cliffs, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Salem, Oconee, Mcguire, Nine Mile Point, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Fermi, Kewaunee, Catawba, Harris, Wolf Creek, Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Hope Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Sequoyah, Byron, Pilgrim, Arkansas Nuclear, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Summer, Prairie Island, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Limerick, North Anna, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Crystal River, Haddam Neck, Ginna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Duane Arnold, Farley, Robinson, Clinton, South Texas, San Onofre, Cook, Comanche Peak, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee, Quad Cities, Humboldt Bay, La Crosse, Big Rock Point, Rancho Seco, Zion, Midland, Bellefonte, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire, LaSalle, Fort Saint Vrain, Shoreham, Satsop, Trojan, Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant, Crane
Issue date:	05/28/1999
From:	Marsh L, Teneyck E; Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs
To:	;
References
	IN-99-016, NUDOCS 9905260020
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

May 28, 1999

NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 99-16: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION'S NUCLEAR

SITE SECURITY PROGRAM

Addressees

All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) fuel cycle, power reactor, and non-power

reactor licensees.

Purpose

NRC is issuing this information notice to advise addressees of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation's (FBI) Nuclear Site Security Program. This program is one of a number of

ongoing counter-terrorism initiatives being undertaken by the FBI. It is expected that recipients

will consider this information and anticipate liaison activities with FBI Field Offices in support of

the program. Information contained in this notice is not an NRC requirement and no specific

action or written response is required. However, NRC supports the FBI's Nuclear Site Security

Program and anticipates that addressees will work with the FBI for the purposes of contingency

planning as noted in 10 CFR 50.34(d) and in Appendix C of Part 73.

Description of Circumstances

On December 21, 1998, FBI Headquarters provided FBI field offices with guidance for the

development of site-specific uNuclear Site Contingency Plans." This guidance was provided as

part of the FBI's Nuclear Site Security Program, which requires increased liaison with

approximately 96 nuclear sites in the United States that are under the responsibility of the

Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, or are licensed by NRC. Of the 56 FBI field

offices, 44 have some sort of nuclear facility, including NRC-licensed commercial nuclear

facilities, within their jurisdictions. This program focuses on: 1) development of FBI nuclear site

contingency plans; 2) sharing these plans with site security personnel, as well as local law

enforcement and other first responders, to ensure integrated and coordinated responses to

criminal or terrorist attacks or malevolent incidents directed at nuclear facilities; and 3) testing

response procedures through joint training, exercises, liaison, and facility familiarization. The

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Coordinator within each FBI field office has been

designated as the point of contact for this initiative. FBI Headquarters staff has emphasized

that: 1) the Nuclear Site Security Program is for planning purposes and is neither an audit nor

review of the adequacy of licensee security; and 2) the FBI field offices would welcome the

opportunity to observe or participate in, as appropriate, licensee exercises, particularly security

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FBI field offices are required to develop Nuclear Site Contingency Plans tailored to individual

facilities within their jurisdiction. These plans are intended to facilitate emergency response and

investigation of incidents at these facilities and serve as bases for response exercises and

training. Field offices were advised also that during the preparation of Nuclear Site

Contingency Plans, the WMD coordinator should be mindful of existing response and

contingency plans to be used during an incident at a nuclear facility. Field offices were

reminded that as part of the development of FBI plans, close liaison should be established with

security personnel at NRC-licensed facilities, as well as with State and local law enforcement

personnel, and all local assets that could be called for assistance. In addition, each FBI field

office was directed to coordinate and integrate its plan with the appropriate nuclear site security

personnel and identify and interact with those State and local responders who will be part of the

contingency response, including its crisis and consequence aspects. Consequently, these

activities will require that the FBI response planning be coordinated with existing plans in which

an NRC Lead Federal Agency response provides assistance to the licensee and State and local

officials regarding the radiological aspects of the event. Additional details concerning

coordination of the Federal response involving both the NRC and the FBI will be provided in

future notices.

Some NRC-licensed facilities have already been contacted as part of this FBI planning effort

and other licensees can expect to be contacted in the future. FBI agents hold Top Secret

clearances and classified National Security Information, security-related information, and

Safeguards Information (SGI) may be shared with them. However, they should be briefed on

requirements for handling and storage of SGI before SGI is provided to them. NRC considers

the FBI and local law enforcement agencies to have the appropriate need to known and they

are authorized to receive site security SGI or plans as noted in 10 CFR 73.21 (c)(i) and (c)(v).

This information notice requires no specific actions nor written response to NRC. If you have

any questions about the information in this notice, please contact the technical contacts

listed below.

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Office of Nuclear Material Safety

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Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical contacts:

John Davidson, NMSS

Robert Skelton, NRR

(301) 415-8130

(301) 415-3309 E-Mail: iid(&nrc.aov

E-Mail: rfs@nrc.gov

Attachments:

1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information Notices

2. List of Recently Issued NRR Information Notices

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Attachment 1

IN 99-16

May 28, 1999 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NMSS INFORMATION NOTICES

Information

Date of

Notice No.

Subject

Issuance

Issued to

99-11 Incident Involving the Use of

4/16/99

All medical use licensees

Radioactive Iodine-131

99-09

99-06

99-05

99-04

99-03 Problems Encountered When

3/24/99

Manually EditingTreatment Data

on the Nucletron Microselectron-HDR

(New) Model 105-999

1998 Enforcement Sanctions as

3/19/99 a Result of Deliberate Violations of

Inadvertent Discharge of Carbon

3/8/99

Dioxide Fire Protection System

and Gas Migration

Unplanned Radiation Exposures

3/8/99 to Radiographers, Resulting from

failures to follow Proper Radiation

Safety Procedures

Exothermic Reactions Involving

1/29/99

Dried Uranium Oxide Powder

(Yellowcake)

Guidance to Users on the

1/21/99

Implementation of a New

Single-Source Dose-

Calculation Formalism and Revised

Air-Kerma Strength Standard

for Iodine-125 Sealed Sources

Deterioration of High-Efficiency

1/20/99

Particulate Air Filters in a

Pressurized Water Reactor

Containment Fan Cooler Unit

All medical licensees authorized

to conduct high-dose-rate (HDR)

remote after loading

brachytherapy treatments

All U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission licensees

All holders of licenses for nuclear

power, research, and test reactor, and fuel cycle facilities

All radiography licensees

All operating uranium recovery

facilities that produce oxide

powder (U30M) (yellowcake)

All medical licensees authorized to

conduct brachytherapy

treatments

All holders of licences for nuclear

power, research and test reactors;

and fuel cycle facilities

99-02

99-01

Attachment 2

IN 99-16

May 28, 1999

Page 1 of I

LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NRC INFORMATION NOTICES

Information

Date of

- Notice No.

Subject

Issuance

Issued to

99-15 Misapplication of 10 CFR Part 71

5/27/99

All holders of operating licenses or

Transportation Shipping Cask

Licensing Basis to 10 CFR Part 50

Design Basis

construction permits for nuclear

power reactors

99-14

Unanticipated Reactor Water

Draindown at Quad Cities Unit 2,

Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2

and Fitzpatrick

99-13

99-12

Insights from NRR Inspections

of Low-and Medium-Voltage

Circuit Breaker Maintenance

Programs

Year 2000 Computer Systems

Readiness Audits

Incidents Involving the Use of

Radioactive Iodine-131

5/5/99

4/29/99

4/28/99

4/23/99

All holders of licenses for nuclear

power, test, and research reactors

All holders of operating licenses

for nuclear power reactors

All holders of operating licenses

or construction permits for nuclear

power plants

All medical use licensees

99-11

97-15, Sup 1 Reporting of Errors and

4/16/99 Changes in Large-Break/Small- Break Loss-of-Coolant Evaluation

Models of Fuel Vendors and

Compliance with 10 CFR 50.46(a)(3)

All holders of operating licenses

for nuclear power reactors, except

those who have permanently

cease operations and have

certified that fuel has been

permanently removed from the

reactor

99-10

Degradation of Prestressing

Tendon Systems in Prestressed

Concrete Containments

4/13/99

All holders of operating licenses

for nuclear power reactors

OL = Operating License

CP = Construction Permit

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