Restricted Data Access (RD Access)

For the purposes of classified visits by individuals from OGAs (other than DoD, NASA, and NRC), RD Access Authorization accords an individual access to Restricted Data or special nuclear material based upon completion of the following actions by an authorized DOE official: (i) verification through DOE and national-level personnel security electronic databases of the individual’s OGA security clearance, and a need-to-know determination; and (ii) the individual’s written acknowledgement of receipt of a briefing on the safeguarding of RD and SNM.