Sec. 262. Strategy for securing high activity radiological sources
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The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall— in coordination with the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Homeland Security, develop a strategy to enhance the security of all high activity radiological sources as soon as possible; and not later than 120 days after such date of enactment, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the strategy required by paragraph (1). The report required by subsection (a)(2) shall include the following:
A description of activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act— to secure high activity domestic radiological sources; and to secure radiological materials internationally and to prevent their illicit trafficking as part of the broader Global Nuclear Detection Architecture. A list of any gaps in the legal authority of United States Government agencies needed to secure all high activity radiological sources. An estimate of the cost of securing all high activity domestic radiological sources.
A list, in the classified annex authorized by subsection (c), of all high activity domestic radiological sources at sites at which enhanced physical security measures that comply with the requirements of the Office of Global Material Security of the National Nuclear Security Administration are not in effect. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified annex. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The term high activity domestic radiological source means Category 1 or 2 quantities of radiological material, as determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, located at a site in the United States. The terms secure and security , with respect to high activity radiological sources, refer to all activities to prevent terrorists from acquiring such sources, including enhanced physical security and tracking measures, removal and disposal of disused sources, replacement of such sources with nonradiological technologies where feasible, and detection of illicit trafficking.