(a) Any licensee or applicant:
- (1) That possesses an aggregated quantity of radioactive material at or above the category 2 threshold shall establish, implement, and maintain an access authorization program in accordance with the requirements of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13;
- (2) That becomes newly subject to the requirements of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 upon application for modification of its license shall implement the requirements of He-P 4038, as appropriate, before taking possession of an aggregated category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material; or
- (3) That has not previously implemented the security orders or been subject to the requirements in He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 shall implement the provisions of He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13 before aggregating radioactive material to a quantity that equals or exceeds the category 2 threshold.
- (b) The licensee's access authorization program shall ensure that the individuals specified in He-P 4038.07(c)(1) and (c)(2) are trustworthy and reliable.
(c) Licensees shall subject the following individuals to the access authorization program:
- (1) Any individual whose assigned duties require unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material or to any device that contains the radioactive material; and
- (2) All reviewing officials.
- (d) Licensees are not required to subject the categories of individuals listed in He-P 4038.11(a)(1) through (a)(13) to the investigation elements of the access authorization program.
- (e) Licensees shall approve for unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material only those individuals with job duties that require unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
- (f) Licensees shall include individuals needing access to safeguards information-modified handling under He-P 4038 in the access authorization program under He-P 4038.07 through He-P 4038.13.
Source. #11105, eff 5-25-16