L clearance

{{Short description |U.S. Department of Energy security clearance level}}

An L clearance is a security clearance used by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission for civilian access relating to nuclear materials and information under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. It is equivalent to a United States Department of Defense (DOD) Secret clearance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/ehss/security-policy-guidance-reports/departmental-personnel-security-faqs|title=Departmental Personnel Security FAQs {{!}} Department of Energy|website=www.energy.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-09-08}}

The DOE L clearance provides less access than the agency's Q clearance. L-cleared persons are allowed unescorted access to "limited" and "protected" areas, as well as access to Confidential Restricted Data, Confidential and Secret Formerly Restricted Data, Confidential and Secret National Security Information, and Category III special nuclear material.[http://www.lanl.gov/security/clearances/index.shtml Clearance Processing], Los Alamos National Laboratory website, accessed August 26, 2009

As of 1989, the NRC required the Q clearance for employees in the most important and sensitive positions, while most employees in positions deemed "noncritical-sensitive" held L clearances.Keith G. Fultz, [http://archive.gao.gov/d39t12/138185.pdf Weaknesses in NRC's Security Clearance Program], US General Accounting Office Testimony, March 15, 1989

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