ML24180A110
| ML24180A110 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/24/2024 |
| From: | Tara Inverso NRC/NSIR/DSO/SOSB |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML24180A113 | List: |
| References | |
| SA 2024-10 | |
| Download: ML24180A110 (1) | |
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SECURITY ADVISORY FOR AFFECTED OPERATING POWER REACTOR AND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION LICENSEES SA 2024-10
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT FOR THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collaborate to enhance the ability to prevent, protect against, prepare for, and, if necessary, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks during periods of heightened alert.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has designated the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC), which will take place in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19-22, 2024, as a national special security event (NSSE). To date, the NRC has received no information concerning a specific, credible threat toward any U.S. nuclear facility or licensed material during this period.
As a prudent precautionary measure, the NRC is requesting that licensee(s) located within an approximate 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius of the NSSE (area of concern), maintain heightened vigilance for potential security threats to that facility during the time period surrounding the 2024 DNC. The NRC recommends that the licensee consider implementing elevated protective measures and provisions, such as those specified in Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2002-12A, Revision 1, Power ReactorsNRC Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System; RIS 2002-12I, Revision 2, Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Greater than 100 Grams NRC Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System; and RIS 2002-12D, Revision 1, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Using Dry StorageNRC Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System, all dated August 24, 2011, as appropriate.
The NRC will continue to monitor threat-related reporting and other relevant developments and will coordinate its assessment activities with other Federal and State agencies for any indication of a threat to licensees.
For licensees subject to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.1215, Suspicious Activity Report paragraphs (d) or (e), licensees must report any information regarding threats or suspicious activities in accordance with 10 CFR 73.1215. For licensees that have been approved for an exemption to 10 CFR 73.1215, the licensees should follow the commitments incorporated into the NRC-approved exemption. The NRC requires licensees to contact each of the listed organizations or agencies in the following order:
local law enforcement agency local Federal Bureau of Investigation field office NRC Headquarters Operations Center at 301-816-5100 applicable Federal Aviation Administration contact (if aircraft incident)
July 24, 2024
If the NRC receives additional information concerning site-specific or general threats involving radioactive materials, the NRC may recommend that additional site-specific actions be taken, provide guidance specific to any new information received, advise individual licensees to further coordinate onsite activities with offsite support agencies, or otherwise instruct licensees to implement elevated protective measures and provisions described in the NRC Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System, as appropriate. If you have any questions concerning this advisory, contact the technical point of contact below.
Backfitting Statement: This security advisory does not add, eliminate, or modify the structures, systems, or components of a power reactor or an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) or the procedures or organization required to operate a power reactor or ISFSI and, therefore, does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, Backfitting, or 10 CFR 72.62, Backfitting.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This security advisory does not contain any new or amended collections of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Title 44 of the United States Code 3501, et seq.). Existing collections of information were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), approval number 3150-0002.
Public Protection Notification: The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.
This security advisory expires on August 23, 2024.
Approved by Tara Inverso, Director Division of Security Operations Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response Technical
Contact:
Eric Wharton, NSIR 301-287-3621 Email: Eric.Wharton@nrc.gov 2
Signed by Inverso, Tara on 07/24/24
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TInverso GBowman ABowers for KBrock DATE Jul 15, 2024 Jul 16, 2024 Jul 12, 2024 Jul 12, 2024 OFFICE NMSS/DUWP OGC/GCHA/GCA
/NLO NSIR NSIR/DSO NAME JMarshall RAugustus MGavrilas CErlanger for TInverso DATE Jul 15, 2024 Jul 19, 2024 Jul 22, 2024 Jul 24, 2024