ML19317D243
| ML19317D243 | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/1977 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7911190624 | |
| Download: ML19317D243 (4) | |
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Ih NRR SUPPLEMENTAL STAFF POSITION ON PERSONNEL SEARCH REQUIREMENTS Seotember 30, 1977 The prefatory paragraoh of 10 CFR 73.55 as amended September 29, 1977 states that the performance requirements of paragraph (d)(1) as they apply to searches of regular employees of the licensee at the site may be satisfied using only equipment cacable of detecting firearms, explosives and incendiary devices.
Acceotable metal detectors and explosive searching devices of the types currently available are deemed capable of detecting firearms, explosives and incendiary devices for regular employees i
of the licensee at the site.
Such equipment, if not currently in operation, must be purchased and made operational as soon as possible if the licensee using this ootion is to be in compliance with the performance recuirements of 10 CFR 73.55. A regular emoloyee of a licensee is one who is a full time permanent employee whose oermanent work station is at the site or those employees of the licensee who recort regularly to the site (at least once per week) and includes employees of licensee contractors who are regularly emoloyed at the site. All other personnel
- are equ.cd by 10 CFR 73.55 (d)(1) to be searched at points of personnel access to tne orotected area.
The following are at:Mtable methods for satisfying these requirements:
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- All NRC emoloyees are subject to the search requirements of 73.55 (d)(1),
j NRC resident inspectors will be searched in the same m. inner as regular employees of the licensee at the site. Other NRC cersannel that have a t
government granted security clearance will be searchec in the same manner as licensee employees who are not regularly employed et the site as long as (1) they can procerly identify themselves; and (2) they have been previously identified by the Director of the Regional Office.
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(a) A search program consisting of:
(1) processing all individuals through an acceotable metal detector.
(2) processing all individuals through an explosives search device of the types currently available, (3) conducting a " hands-on" search of at least 5'.' (selected randomly) of all licensees employees who are not regularly emoloyed at the site, (4) searching a regular employee at the site when the licensee has a well-grounded suspicion that the individual may be carrying firearms, explosives or incendiary devices, with a " hands-on" search, (5) conducting a " hands-on" search of all other individuals, and (6) subjecting all outer garments such as the coats or heavy sweaters of each individual who is not a regular emoloyee at the site to the search requirements at the entry to the protected area.
The process and procedures which select the individuals to be subjected to a " hands-on" search on a random basis must: (1) require the search to be conducted when the random selection orocess indicates, regardless of who the eerson to be searched is, and (2) ensure that an individual entering the search process area i
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For those facilities which have only metal detectors installed and ooerable, the personnel search program for non-regular emoloyees described in (a)(3) above is acceptable provided that the cercentage of individuals randemly selected for " hands-on" search is increased to at least 10'.;.
For those facilities which have only an exolosives searching system in operation the " hands-on" search recuirement of t
(c) below apolies.
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i (c) For those facilities which have neither metal detectors nor explosives I
searching devices installed and operable the personnel search program for non-regular employees described in (a)(3) above is acceptable provided that the percentage of individuals randomly selected for
" hands-on" search is increased to at least 20%.
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Duke Poder Company November 28, 1977 cc:
Mr. William L. Porter Duke Power Company P. O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 J. Michael McGarry, l'I, Esquire DeBevoisa & Liberman 700 Shoreham Building 806-15th Street, NW.,
Washington, D.C.
20005 Oconee Public Library 201 South Spring Street Walhalla, South Carolina 29691 S
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