Press Release-96-134, NRC and DOE Sign Agreement on Services for Protection of Classified Information

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Press Release-96-134, NRC and DOE Sign Agreement on Services for Protection of Classified Information
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Issue date: 10/09/1996
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UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairsWashington,DC20555Phone301-415-8200Fax301-415-2234 Internet:opa@nrc.govNo.96-134FORIMMEDIATERELEASE(Wednesday,October9,1996)NRCANDDOESIGNAGREEMENTONSERVICESFORPROTECTIONOFCLASSIFIEDINFORMATIONTheNuclearRegulatoryCommission(NRC)hassignedanagreementwiththeDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)toprovidemutualsecurity servicesfortheprotectionofclassifiedinformationthatis releasedtofederalcontractors,licensees,certificateholdersand grantrecipients.Theagreementisanimportantstepinensuringthatclassifiedinformationisprotectedinaneffectiveandefficientmannerat facilitieswherebothNRCandDOEhaveresponsibilities,suchasthe UnitedStatesEnrichmentCorporation'sgaseousdiffusionplants.OnlyafewNRC-regulatedfacilitieshaveaneedtopossessandprotectclassifiedinformation.So-calledsafeguardsinformation relatedtothephysicalsecurityofregulatedfacilitiesisprotected underadifferentlegalrequirement.TheagreementwassignedundertheNationalIndustrialSecurityProgram,establishedbyaJanuary1993ExecutiveOrdertoserveasa single,integrated,cohesiveindustrialsecurityapproachfor protectingclassifiedinformationandpreservingthecountry's economicandtechnologicalinterests.RaymondJ.Brady,DirectorofSecurity,U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommission,andEdwardJ.McCallum,Director,OfficeofSafeguards andSecurity,DepartmentofEnergy,signedtheagreementfortheir respectiveagencies.