{
  "authorityState": "OPTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LICENSEE ELECTION AND NRC APPROVAL REQUIRED",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://xn--mwe.com/law/matrices/united-states-nrc-part-53-security/",
  "id": "JMX-K05-US-NRC-PART53",
  "name": "United States — NRC Part 53 and Part 73 Subpart J path",
  "qualification": "Not legal advice; Final-rule status is verified; application to a named reactor requires licensing analysis.",
  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "rows": [
    {
      "boundary": "Performance-based does not mean unregulated or automatically staff-free.",
      "issue": "Physical protection",
      "status": "73.100 AVAILABLE TO QUALIFYING PART 53 LICENSEES THAT ELECT IT"
    },
    {
      "boundary": "Exact protected systems and controls remain facility-specific.",
      "issue": "Digital systems and networks",
      "status": "73.110 AVAILABLE WITH THE ELECTED FRAMEWORK"
    },
    {
      "boundary": "Program design remains subject to the rule, guidance, license and NRC oversight.",
      "issue": "Access authorization",
      "status": "73.120"
    },
    {
      "boundary": "K05 rejects a universal zero-armed-responder claim.",
      "issue": "Security staffing alternatives",
      "status": "FACILITY SHOWING REQUIRED"
    }
  ],
  "slug": "united-states-nrc-part-53-security",
  "sourceIds": [
    "SRC-NRC-ADVANCED-REACTOR-PHYSICAL-SECURITY",
    "SRC-NRC-10CFR-73-SUBPART-J-2026"
  ]
}