| Consistent with today’s announcement
by Attorney General John Ashcroft that the Homeland Security threat level has
been lowered from Orange (High) to Yellow (Elevated), the NRC is advising nuclear
power plants and other nuclear facilities to implement the appropriate protective
measures consistent with the NRC’s corresponding Level 3 threat level.
Supplemental security measures implemented September 10, following the establishment
of an Orange threat condition, are no longer necessary.
On September 10, 2002, the NRC advised licensees to implement the actions
specified for the Level 4 threat level of the agency’s Threat Advisory
and Protective Measures System to counter and respond to terrorist threats.
Although the NRC has received no information concerning either a general
or specific credible threat to U.S. nuclear facilities or materials, the agency
continues to monitor threats and other related developments as it coordinates
its activities with other licensees, Federal agencies, and local and State
law enforcement authorities.
In addition, the NRC will maintain heightened security measures, consistent
with the Yellow threat level, at its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland,
and at its four regional offices.
The NRC’s threat Level 3 corresponds to the Homeland Security Yellow
threat level.
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