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NRC approves overhaul of FOF inspections, baseline security programs
The security drills held at commercial nuclear power plants as part of the Force-on-Force (FOF) inspection program will no longer be led by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The commissioners on Friday approved recommendations presented earlier in the year by NRC staff to significantly overhaul the security program. This includes phasing out NRC-led drills by 2028. Following the phaseout, drills will be led by the licensee, with the NRC observing.
A. Cimmino (ELI Beamlines), A. Schüller (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), S. Heinrich (Institut Curie), C. Fouillade (Institut Curie), A. Subiel (National Physical Laboratory), L. De Marzi (Institut Curie), F. Romano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), P. Peier (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), M. Trachsel (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), C. Fleta (Centro Nacional de Microelectronica), R. Kranzer (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), M. Caresana (Politecnico di Milano), S. Salvador (Normandie Univ.), S. Busold (Varian Medical Systems), A. Schönfeld (Sun Nuclear Corp.), M. McEwen (National Research Council of Canada), F. Gomez (Univ. Santiago de Compostela), J. Šolc (Czech Metrology Institute), C. Bailat (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois), J. Jakubek (ADVACAM), J. Pawelke (Technische Univ. Dresden), M. Borghesi (Queen's Univ. Belfast), R-P. Kapsch (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), A. Knyziak (Central Office of Measures), V. Olšovcová (ELI Beamlines), C. Kottler (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), D. Poppinga (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), I. Ambrožová (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS), C-S. Schmitzer (EBG MedAustron), S. Rossomme (IBA Dosimetry), M-C. Vozenin (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois)
Proceedings | ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 | Seattle, WA, September 25-29, 2022 | Pages 238-241
