US FERC fills jurisdictional security gap at nation's nukes - 0 views
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Energy Net on 23 Mar 09The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday clarified that facilities within nuclear generation plants that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not regulate must comply with eight mandatory cybersecurity standards that FERC previously approved. The order is meant to cover a jurisdictional gap at nuclear plants for equipment the NRC does not regulate. The Nuclear Energy Institute and the Edison Electric Institute had told FERC the measure is unnecessary and potentially harmful because no gap exists and NRC jurisdiction covers the equipment. NRC disagreed that its jurisdiction covered the gap and FERC in Thursday's order agreed with NRC.