How does the National Source Tracking System make the general public safer from the malevolent use of radioactive materials?
First, licensees are required to report both shipment and receipt of nationally tracked sources transferred to another licensee. If the system does not receive a report of the shipped source being received as expected, it will alert regulatory authorities to investigate. This will result in prompt followup on missing sources, thereby improving the ability to detect their diversion and malevolent use in real-time. Second, the NSTS allows origin-to-endpoint accounting of all nationally tracked sealed sources. Finally, regulatory decision-makers have reliable data for use in long- and short-term planning regarding the use, storage, and disposal of nationally tracked sources. This capability did not exist prior to the development of the NSTS.
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