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Roger Howsley¹ and Michael Beaudette²
1 World Institute for Nuclear Security, Vienna, Austria 2 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, Canada
Why Regulators Must Set Professional
Competency Standards for Nuclear
Security Management
Professional Certification
Professional Certification
UK Site Licence Conditions
UK Site Licence Conditions
Nuclear Security
Security is as important as Safety
Security programmes can cost $Millions/annum
Failures of security could be very serious
There would be liability issues for the Licensee
Inquiries into Incidents
What did you know?
When did you know it?
What decisions did you take?
What qualified you to take those decisions?
State Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL ELEMENT 1: STATE
RESPONSIBILITY
3.1. Responsibility rests with the
State for meeting the objective set
forth in Section 2 by establishing,
implementing, maintaining and
sustaining a nuclear security regime
applicable to nuclear material,
other radioactive material,
associated facilities, and associated
activities under a State’s
jurisdiction.
Organisational Responsibilities
Ensure that prime
responsibility for the
security of nuclear
material, other radioactive
material, associated
facilities, associated
activities, sensitive
information and sensitive
information assets rests
with the authorized
persons.
Competency Framework
Scope of Demand
Worldwide
Personnel with
Accountabilities for
Nuclear Security
Annual
Demand/Turnover
150,000 15,000
www.wins.org
IAEA Education and Training
International Nuclear Security Education Network
Certified Security Management in Aviation
Certification in IT Security
What Regulators need to do
1. Work with Licensees to establish Security
Management competency frameworks
2. Utilise relevant organisations to help with the
work; it’s cheaper and faster
Utilise Existing Resources
Utilise Existing Resources
What Regulators need to do
1. Work with Licensees to establish Security
Management competency frameworks
2. Utilise relevant organisations to help with the
work; it’s cheaper and faster
3. Make the Competencies mandatory
4. Make sure that the Regulators are also competent
1. Commit to these regulatory reforms at State level