Purpose

This regulation establishes Department of the Army (DA) policies, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the Army Nuclear Surety Program and implements Department of Defense instruction (DODI) 5210.42. This regulation establishes the nuclear Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) for the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army (OAA), Directorate of Mission Assurance, communications security (COMSEC) account personnel and specifically identifies Army Signal Battalion COMSEC account personnel who administer and distribute positive control material (PCM) in support of the nuclear enterprise. In addition, this regulation establishes the nuclear PRP for personnel supporting special nuclear material (SNM) operations at the Army reactor.