Relief from fingerprinting, identification, and criminal history records checks and other elements of background investigations for designated categories of individuals permitted unescorted access to certain radioactive materials.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) Fingerprinting, and the identification and criminal history records checks required by section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and other elements of the background investigation are not required for the following individuals prior to granting unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials: (1) An employee of the Commission or of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government who has undergone fingerprinting for a prior U.S. Government criminal history records check; (2) A Member of Congress; (3) An employee of a member of Congress or Congressional committee who has undergone fingerprinting for a prior U.S. Government criminal history records check; (4) The Governor of a State or his or her designated State employee representative; (5) Federal, State, or local law enforcement personnel; (6) State Radiation Control Program Directors and State Homeland Security Advisors or their designated State employee representatives; (7) Agreement State employees conducting security inspections on behalf of the NRC under an agreement executed under section 274.i. of the Atomic Energy Act; (8) Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) engaged in activities associated with the U.S./IAEA Safeguards Agreement who have been certified by the NRC; (9) Emergency response personnel who are responding to an emergency; (10) Commercial vehicle drivers for road shipments of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive mat

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 37.29