• two armed escorts stationed either on board the shipment vessel or on the dock at a location that will permit observation of the shipment vessel or the points of access to the shipment, if it is located in an enclosed cargo compartment • a member of an LLEA, equipped with normal radio communications, stationed either on the vessel or on the dock Section 73.37(b)(3) requires surveillance to be provided continuously for outgoing shipments from the time the shipment arrives at the terminal aboard a road or rail transport vehicle to the time the loaded shipment vessel leaves the dock. Incoming shipments must be placed under continuous surveillance from the time the shipment vessel docks to the time it is loaded onto a road or rail transport vehicle and begins movement from the terminal, at which time the physical protection requirements governing road or rail transport shall apply. These procedures also apply to intermediate stops at U.S. ports during which the shipment remains on the shipment vessel. Visual surveillance of the shipment should be accomplished by direct observation of the shipment or by observing points of access to the shipment if it is located in an enclosed cargo compartment. Armed escorts performing the surveillance should have immediate access to communications equipment and the route overview information containing LLEA contacts and should be alert to external activities that may indicate possible threats to the safety or security of the shipment. Additionally, 10 CFR 73.37(e)(2) requires as permitted by law that each armed escort be equipped with a minimum of two weapons (e.g., a handgun and a rifle or shotgun). This requirement does not apply to LLEA personnel performing escort duties. 2.3. Advance Notification of Shipments Both 10 CFR 73.37, “Requirements for Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel In Transit,” and 10 CFR 73.72, “Requirements for Advance Notice of Shipment of Formula Quantities of Strategic Special Nuclear Material, Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic Significance, or Irradiated Reactor Fuel” contain specific requirements for advance notification of SNF shipments. Before transporting SNF outside the confines of the licensee’s facility or other place of use or storage, the licensee shall provide notification to the NRC. The licensee shall also provide notification to the governors of the States, or the governors’ designees, and after June 11, 2013, to the Tribal officials of participating Tribes or the Tribal officials’ designees of any SNF shipment moving through or across the boundary of the applicable States or a participating Tribe’s reservation. A licensee that conducts an onsite transfer of SNF that does not travel on or cross a public highway is exempt from the requirements for advance notifications for that transfer. 2.3.1. Advance Notification of the State(s) and Tribes Section 73.37(b)(2) requires that advance notification delivered to a State or participating Tribe by mail be postmarked at least 10 days before transport of a shipment within or through the State or the participating Tribe’s reservation. If a notification is delivered by any other method, it must reach the office of the governor, or the governor's designee, and the Tribal official or the Tribal official’s designee at least 7 days before the scheduled transport of a shipment within or through the State or the participating Tribe’s reservation.
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