handgun and a rifle or shotgun). This requirement does not apply to LLEA personnel performing escort duties. Additionally, 10 CFR 73.37(e)(3) requires that while a shipment vessel is within U.S. territorial waters, an individual must accompany it who will ensure that the shipment is unloaded only as authorized by the licensee. This requirement ensures that the SNF shipment is under surveillance against possible theft, loss, diversion, or radiological sabotage and that any necessary request for assistance from LLEA response forces is communicated promptly. The individual accompanying the shipment may be provided in a number of ways. The individual may come aboard the vessel at the time of loading (or stopover) in a foreign port, may come aboard as the ship nears U.S. territorial waters (as do ship’s pilots), or may be a ship’s officer who assumes this surveillance role as the SNF shipment enters U.S. waters. The accompanying individual should be familiar with the vessel’s itinerary. Before the vessel enters port, the individual should verify that the SNF shipment is intact and has not been tampered with. During unloading of any cargo in U.S. territory, the individual should ensure that the SNF shipment is unloaded only at the port that the shipper (licensee) has authorized. Should any deviation from authorized handling of the SNF shipment occur, the individual should bring the matter to the immediate attention of the ship’s most senior officer present. If it appears that the SNF shipment is likely to be unloaded at a port other than the planned destination, the individual should also immediately notify the NRC, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the licensee by Section 73.37(e)(4) requires each armed escort to be equipped with redundant communications capabilities that provide for two-way communication among the escorts, vessel, movement control center, LLEA, and one another at all times. The purpose of the communications requirements for waterborne shipments is similar to that of road and rail shipments, which is primarily to ensure that a capability exists to contact the LLEA in case a threat is detected to the safety or security of the shipment. The communications equipment provided may be the ship’s regular ship-to-shore communications device, but alternate communication methods should not be subject to the same failure modes as the primary communication method. ship-to-shore radio, radiotelephone, or other available means. 5.2. Communications for Waterborne Shipments
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