Internal controls, inventory, and records.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) (b) Internal controls. (1) A management structure shall be established, documented, and maintained that assures: (i) Clear overall responsibility for material control and accounting (MC&A) functions; (ii) Independence from production and manufacturing responsibilities; and (iii) Separation of key responsibilities. (2) The overall planning, coordination, and administration of the MC&A functions for special nuclear material (SNM) shall be vested in a single individual at an organizational level sufficient to assure independence of action and objectiveness of decisions. (3) The licensee shall provide for the adequate review, approval, and use of written MC&A procedures that are identified in the approved FNMC plan as being critical to the effectiveness of the described system. (4) The licensee shall assure that personnel who work in key positions where mistakes could degrade the effectiveness of the MC&A system are trained to maintain a high level of safeguards awareness and are qualified to perform their duties and/or responsibilities. (5) The licensee shall establish, document, and maintain an item control program that: (i) Provides current knowledge of SNM items with respect to identity, element and isotope content, and stored location; and (ii) Assures that SNM items are stored and handled, or subsequently measured, in a manner such that unauthorized removal of 200 grams or more of plutonium or uranium-233 or 300 grams or more of uranium-235, as one or more whole items a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 74.43