NRC Issues Order Designating 10 Facilities Eligible for Weapons Pre-Emption Authority

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Source: NUCPROS

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today issued an Order designating 10 nuclear facilities in New York, Maryland, Virginia and California as eligible to apply for authority to permit their security forces to possess and use firearms and related devices despite local, state or federal laws and regulations restricting their use.

The designated facilities are the Indian Point, James A. FitzPatrick, Nine Mile Point and R.E. Ginna nuclear power plants in New York; the San Onofre and Diablo Canyon nuclear power plants in California; the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland; and the Babcock & Wilcox nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Virginia. The spent fuel storage installations at Diablo Canyon and Calvert Cliffs, which are licensed separately, are also included.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave the NRC authority to permit security forces at NRC-licensed facilities to possess and use firearms, ammunition and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices in the performance of their official duties regardless of local, state or federal restrictions on their use. This “pre-emption authority” became effective with the 2009 publication of guidelines on the use of firearms at NRC-licensed facilities, which were approved by the NRC and the Department of Justice.

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Read more: http://nucpros.com/content/nrc-issues-order-designating-10-facilities-eligible-weapons-pre-emption-authority

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1. NRC: NY nuke plants can apply for banned weapons

http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/nrc-ny-nuke-plants-can-apply-for-banned-weapons-1.5424518

NRC: NY nuke plants can apply for banned weapons

Originally published: June 6, 2013 5:19 PM
Updated: June 6, 2013 6:13 PM

By The Associated Press JIM FITZGERALD (Associated Press)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - (AP) -- New York's new gun control law may have little effect at Indian Point and the state's other nuclear power plants.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told Gov. Andrew Cuomo that the plants can apply to the commission if they want their security officers to have weapons that would be banned in the state.

NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said Thursday that the commission acted under a 2009 federal law that gave the NRC "pre-emption authority" to supersede state law.

"After 9/11 they wanted to make sure these forces had the most sophisticated weaponry they could," he said.

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[cprise]

8. "A San Onofre (nuclear) employee dressed in SWAT gear...

San Onofre security demands video be deleted

Team 10 was shooting video of the facility from a public state beach when police and San Onofre staff demanded the video be deleted before Team 10 be allowed to leave the public park.

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Warman called for back up when he was informed of the public's right to record video from public property.

"Right now, turn the camera off," California state park police officer Ennio Rocca said when he arrived on the beach. Team 10 confirmed he was responding the Warman's request for back up.

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"They called us down here because they said there are people filming the nuclear generator," officer Rocca said. "Its a high terrorist threat. They take it very seriously."

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"You're just being detained," officer Rocca said. "They're going to come down here. You're going to explain your story. They're going to look at your footage."

A San Onofre employee dressed in SWAT gear said the video must be deleted. He did not view the video, but said officer Rocca would make sure the video was deleted before the news crew be allowed to leave the state beach area.

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Nuclear is looking more and more like a poster child for the police state.

[itsrobert]

2. How about solar panels and wind farms employing armed security forces?

Why Nuke Plants special?

[DeSwiss]

3. I'm sure nothing could ever go wrong here.

- Why I'm sure there are literally thousands of people out there who'd just love to have a job that allows them to hold and fondle banned weapons.

[donnasgirl]

4. Those weapons are not banned

Any individual who owned one before the law took affect can still own it, so the weapons have not been banned.

[kristopher]

5. Since the people in question are not current owners...

...and the sale of these weapons to the general public is banned...

I think you're missing the point with a focus trying to hyper-define "banned".

[JoeyT]

7. There probably are.

And they aren't going to pass the background check.

Background checks to walk into nuclear facilities are insane. Working as a contractor in one after they let you in is just as nuts. You have to fill out a form to request a form to talk to someone that will give you a form that will get them to give you instructions to fill out another form that will get them to give you a JSA so you can do the most minor things. Usually they'll give you an insufficient expiration on the JSA so it dies before you can complete the job and you have to start all over again. And that was for a job that was physically on the exterior of the plant where the worst you could do is key someone's car or break a window. I can't imagine what it's like inside.

Long story short: The kind of people that would say "Fuck yeaaaah! Machine goooonz!" ain't gonna make it in and will crack and get fired long before they're handed a weapon if they do. It's frustration incarnate. It'd be easier for them to move to Texas or Alabama.

[presscac]

6. They are vetted

Anyone who is badged at a nuke, has their shit together to a certain degree . . . No bad criminal backgrounds, etc. . May have Barney Fife syndrome, but. . .