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Nuclear Security and Safeguards
The Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as revised [e.g., Sections 3(c) and (e)], and the Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974 [Section 204(b)(1)], give NRC the responsibility
for ensuring that the peaceful uses of nuclear energy "make the maximum
contribution to the common defense and security and the national welfare,
and... provide continued assurance of the Government's ability to enter into
and enforce agreements with nations or groups of nations for the control of
special nuclear material."
NRC responsibilities under these acts include regulating licensees' (A) accounting
systems for special nuclear and source materials, and (B) security programs
and contingency plans for dealing with threats, thefts, and sabotage relating
to special nuclear material, high-level radioactive wastes, nuclear facilities,
and other radioactive materials and activities that the NRC regulates. Programs
that promote the common defense and security and protect public health and
safety by guarding against theft and sabotage are generally referred to as
safeguards and security. These activities include--
See the following for more information on Nuclear Security and Safeguards.
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