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A New Rule to Protect Radioactive Material
* Transportation security: NRC relinquishes parts of its regulatory authority to
certain states. One interviewee felt the Department of Transportation, not NRC
and states, should regulate transport of radioactive materials to establish uniform
national requirements: "when transportation requirements are set by many [state]
regulators and by federal interstate commerce rules as well, compliance with
transportation regulations can become very complicated."
The analysis raises several general points:
" The orders imposed many requirements on licensees. Since the rule incorporates
many of these requirements, it imposes less additional regulatory burden than
would have been the case if the orders had not been issued first.
" Since the rule requires many actions regardless of facility size, it would appear to
impose a proportionately larger burden on small licensees.
" The rule implements a layered defense. The ability of one layer to offset
weaknesses in others should improve security but cannot guarantee it.
" Further steps-such as requiring licensees to install more monitoring equipment
or mandating more stringent requirements for adjudicating personnel reliability
might increase security beyond what the rule provides. Whether their costs are
worth potential benefits is a matter for political judgment.Congressional Research Service
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 C.F.R. 37, A New Rule to Protect Radioactive Material: Background, Summary, Views from the Field, report, December 14, 2012; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc811234/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.