This chapter primarily provides UCNI guideline topics addressing design and design-related operational information concerning sensitive facilities and equipment. In addition, guidance is provided at the end of this section concerning facility and site studies and reports such as safety analysis reports (SARs), environmental impact statements (EISs), probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs), or occurrence reports (ORs). Information concerning site, facility, or security area physical security measures and physical security system design is addressed in Chapter 2. This chapter concerns those aspects of design information that would assist in selecting a specific target (or targets) at a site, facility, or security area in an attempt at theft, diversion, or sabotage (including dispersal of radioactive or other hazardous material, damage/destruction of equipment, injury to personnel or the public, or any other act which would adversely affect safe and efficient operation or safe shutdown under normal or abnormal conditions). It includes information that could assist an adversary in analyzing and selecting entry and egress routes within a sensitive facility or security area (e.g., internal layout of a building) or in executing an attack.
Broad Guidance
Unclassified information concerning site, facility, or security area layout which is observable from uncontrolled areas, such as site or facility plans showing locations of roads, buildings, exterior guard stations, above-ground routing of power or other lines, drainage ditches, general external features of buildings, building numbers, etc., is NOT UCNI.
Unclassified information concerning facility design for a facility that is not a sensitive facility is NOT UCNI.
Unclassified information concerning a sensitive site, facility, or security area that would not significantly assist a malefactor in selecting a target or in planning and executing an attack is NOT UCNI. This includes design information concerning nonsensitive areas of a building such as the design of change rooms or restrooms, offices, or lunch or cafeteria areas, and design information concerning utilities for such areas.
Topical Guidance
Except where information is determined to be UCNI by topics in this guideline, information determined to be unclassified in Chapter 4 of CG-SS-2 (7/90) is NOT UCNI.
410 Unclassified information concerning overall sensitive site, facility, or security area layout which reveals security deficiencies or concerns and which is not readily determinable by casual observation from an uncontrolled area (Basis: GG #6; ID No.: FSSS-43) . . . UCNI
420 Building/structure design
430 Information concerning fixed process equipment in a sensitive facility (such as that contained in floor plans, models, diagrams, blueprints, photos, or other documents or material) which:
440 Unclassified association of specified materials with specified sites, facilities, security areas, or functions and the fact that such sites, facilities, or security areas contain the materials . . . NOT UCNI
Communications security (COMSEC) concerns measures to assure that information in telecommunications related to national security is protected from access by unauthorized persons. All information addressed by topics in CG-SS-2 (7/90) concerning COMSEC (i.e., Chapter 5, CG-SS-2) which is determined to be unclassified is NOT UCNI.
Information pertaining to security measures for atomic energy defense- related facilities that reveals deficiencies or vulnerabilities can significantly assist malefactors in selecting a target and planning and executing a criminal act. Much information that reveals either the existence of a vulnerability or details concerning a vulnerability is classified. See CG-SS-2, Chapter 6.
It is particularly important to note that CG-SS-2 points out that when terms other than vulnerability, such as inadequacy or deficiency, are used synonymously with the term vulnerability as defined in CG-SS-2, the determination that the information is classified or unclassified must conform to the classification guidance topics concerning "vulnerabilities." In no case shall this guideline be used to determine information is UCNI (or unclassified and NOT UCNI) when classification of information concerning security vulnerabilities is appropriate. In this guideline, the term "deficiency" is not used synonymously with "vulnerability" as used in CG-SS-2.
Although not as sensitive as classified information concerning a vulnerability, certain unclassified information concerning deficiencies could significantly assist a potential malefactor. Such unclassified information is UCNI as specified in this chapter.
Except where information is determined to be UCNI by topics in this guideline, information determined to be unclassified by topics in Chapter 6 of CG-SS-2 (7/90) is NOT UCNI.
610 Unclassified information revealing details of a deficiency (as defined in this guideline) concerning security measures for a specified sensitive site, facility, or security area (Basis: GG #17; ID No.: FSSS-51) . . . UCNI
620 Unclassified information revealing details of minor discrepancies or inadequacies of no substantial impact (e.g., the fact that equipment calibration is overdue, that security-related personnel information not current, minor erosion at a fence, etc.) . . . NOT UCNI
This chapter addresses information concerning control and accountability of nuclear materials related to atomic energy defense programs facilities, or activities. In addition to guidance concerning unclassified information related to special nuclear material (SNM), guidance is also included concerning other nuclear material (i.e., tritium, thorium, lithium-6, etc.). DOE Order 5633.3 defines safeguard category quantities of nuclear materials. Information extracted from this order concerning nuclear material safeguard categories also appears in CG-SS-2 and the UCNI General Guideline document, GG-2.
Chapter 7 of CG-SS-2 contains guidance concerning control and accountability of SNM. Other guides such as the Joint DOE/DOD Topical Classification Guide, Materials for the Nuclear Weapon Complex, TCG-WM-1; program guides; and local guides also contain classification guidance concerning materials, including the association of certain materials with a classified program.
Unclassified information concerning material control and accountability that is not related to atomic energy defense programs activities or facilities is exempt from control as UCNI. Also, general or nonsubstantive information that does concern atomic energy defense programs activities or facilities, but that would not assist a malefactor (such as revealing a minor administrative inadequacy), is NOT UCNI.
Except where information is determined to be UCNI by topics in this guideline, information determined by topics in Chapter 7 of CG-SS-2 (7/90) to be unclassified is NOT UCNI.
710 Unclassified information revealing inventory data of SNM or other nuclear material except as specified in topic 711 . . . NOT UCNI
711 Unclassified information revealing inventory data of SNM or other nuclear material when the information could assist a potential adversary select an attractive target for theft, diversion, or sabotage, but only when authorized by an approved internal guideline (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-52) . . . UCNI
720 Nuclear material accounting system
721 Details concerning minor discrepancies or inadequacies (e.g., equipment overdue calibration or similar minor information) not significantly affecting material accountability . . . NOT UCNI
722 Unclassified uncertainty information/data related to measurements of Category I and II quantities of SNM when the uncertainty information/data is greater than would normally be expected (Basis: GG #17; ID No.: FSSS-53) . . . UCNI
730 Information contained in a facility's materials control and accountability plan, including anomaly identification/resolution procedures, details associated with the conduct of special inventories when anomalies are discovered, and special actions taken until an anomaly is resolved (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-55) . . . UCNI
740 Information on upgrades of specific materials accountability systems which improve knowledge of specific nuclear material inventories . . . NOT UCNI
750 Scope of material control procedures which identifies nuclear material, except source material (i.e., normal or depleted uranium and thorium), not subjected to certain checks or surveillance measures (i.e., materials not included in daily administrative procedures which are conducted to identify obvious anomalies (Basis: GG #15; ID No.: FSSS-56) . . . UCNI
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