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NRC RIN: 3150-AJ41 Publication ID: Fall 2022 
Title: Enhanced Security for Special Nuclear Material [NRC-2014-0118] 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations to make generically applicable security requirements imposed in security orders after the events of September 11, 2001.  The scope of this rulemaking would affect the physical protection of nuclear plants, fuel cycle facilities, and spent nuclear material.

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 73   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201    42 U.S.C. 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Regulatory Basis  06/18/2014  79 FR 34641   
Comment Period End  08/04/2014 
Comment Period Extended  07/22/2014  79 FR 42474   
Comment Period Extended End  10/17/2014 
Final Regulatory Basis  04/22/2015  80 FR 22434   
Revised Regulatory Basis  03/01/2019  84 FR 6980   
Revised Regulatory Basis Extension of Comment Period  03/20/2019  84 FR 10269   
Revised Regulatory Basis Comment Period End  04/01/2019 
Revised Regulatory Basis Extension of Comment Period End  04/19/2019 
NPRM  To Be Determined 
Additional Information: This rule was formerly titled "Physical Protection for Category I, II, and III Special Nuclear Material." The NRC staff provided a recommendation to the Commission to discontinue this rulemaking (see SECY-19-0095). The Commission issued a staff requirements memorandum (SRM) directing the staff to provide a notation vote paper with a full range of options with respect to this rulemaking activity. (SRM-SECY-19-0095, "Staff Requirements – SECY-19-0095 – Discontinuation of Rulemaking – Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material," dated August 4, 2021, ML21217A065). Staff is currently expected to provide the paper to the Commission by October 2023.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Irene Wu
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-1951
Email: irene.wu@nrc.gov