The Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security Interface: Approaches and National Experiences

By IAEA

This publication was developed from the exchange of information, experiences and practices by participating Member States at the IAEA Technical Meeting on the Safety and Security Interface — Approaches and National Experiences, held in Vienna in 2018. It aims to provide a better understanding of the important elements of the interface between nuclear safety and nuclear security for facilities and activities and to highlight the challenges, opportunities and good practices for its effective management when planning and implementing different programmes and activities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
• Release date: Mar 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9789201221209

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THE NUCLEAR SAFETY AND

NUCLEAR SECURITY INTERFACE:

APPROACHES AND

NATIONAL EXPERIENCES

TECHNICAL REPORTS SERIES No. 1000

THE NUCLEAR SAFETY AND

NUCLEAR SECURITY INTERFACE:

APPROACHES AND

NATIONAL EXPERIENCES

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

VIENNA, 2021

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IAEA Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Names: International Atomic Energy Agency.

Title: The nuclear safety and nuclear security interface : approaches and national experiences / International Atomic Energy Agency.

Description: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2021. | Series: Technical reports series (International Atomic Energy Agency), ISSN 0074–1914 ; no. 1000 | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: IAEAL 20-01372 | ISBN 978–92–0–121920–6 (paperback : alk. paper) | ISBN 978–92–0–122020–2 (pdf) | ISBN 978–92–0–122120–9 (epub) | ISBN 978–92–0–122220–6 (mobipocket)

Subjects: LCSH: Nuclear reactors — Safety measures. | Nuclear power plants — Safety measures. | Nuclear reactors — Security measures. | Nuclear facilities.

Classification: UDC 621.039.58 | STI/DOC/010/1000

FOREWORD

Nuclear safety and nuclear security share the same goal: to protect individuals, the public and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation. However, the activities that address nuclear safety and nuclear security are different, and actions taken to strengthen nuclear safety may affect nuclear security positively or negatively, and vice versa. It is therefore essential to establish a well coordinated approach to managing the interface between nuclear safety and nuclear security so that relevant measures are implemented in a manner that aims to capitalize on opportunities that may be available for mutual enhancement without compromising either nuclear safety or nuclear security.

The responsibility for nuclear safety and nuclear security within a State rests entirely with that State. In this context, the importance of international cooperation and the central role of the IAEA is widely recognized. The IAEA assists Member States in establishing or strengthening their nuclear safety infrastructure