January 10, 2016

NRC Allows Firearm Use at N.Y., Calif. Plants

By ExchangeMonitor

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will allow nuclear facilities in New York and California to staff security personnel with certain firearms and large-capacity magazines, despite local, state, and federal restrictions.

The NRC granted the pre-emption authority on Wednesday to the following facilities: Indian Point, James A. FitzPatrick, Nine Mile Point, and R.E. Ginna in New York, and San Onofre and Diablo Canyon in California. The authority is also extended the sites’ dry cask spent fuel storage facilities, according to the NRC announcement.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 allows the NRC to authorize security personnel’s use of certain firearms and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. This went into effect in 2009, when the Attorney General approved the NRC’s publication of guidelines.

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