What is the National Source Tracking System (NSTS)?
NSTS is a secure, Web-based database designed to enhance the accountability of radioactive sources. As such, the NSTS will help the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and its Agreement States to track and regulate the medical, industrial, and academic uses of certain nuclear materials, from the time they are manufactured or imported through the time of their disposal, decay, or exportation. As a national registry, the NSTS will contain information on radioactive sources possessed by NRC and Agreement State licensees and facilities established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
