42 U.S.C. § 2210e: Design basis threat rulemaking

not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, initiate a rulemaking proceeding, including notice and opportunity for public comment, to be completed not later than 18 months after that date, to revise the design basis threats of the Commission; or not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, complete any ongoing rulemaking to revise the design basis threats. the events of September 11, 2001 ; an assessment of physical, cyber, biochemical, and other terrorist threats; the potential for attack on facilities by multiple coordinated teams of a large number of individuals; the potential for assistance in an attack from several persons employed at the facility; the potential for suicide attacks; the potential for water-based and air-based threats; the potential use of explosive devices of considerable size and other modern weaponry; the potential for attacks by persons with a sophisticated knowledge of facility operations; the potential for fires, especially fires of long duration; the potential for attacks on spent fuel shipments by multiple coordinated teams of a large number of individuals; the adequacy of planning to protect the public health and safety at and around nuclear facilities, as appropriate, in the event of a terrorist attack against a nuclear facility; and the potential for theft and diversion of nuclear materials from such facilities.