scholarly journals Conducting Nuclear Security Culture Self-Assessments in Nuclear Research Facilities Using the IAEA Methodology

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anhar Riza Antariksawan ◽  
Khairul Khairul ◽  
Heru Umbara ◽  
Endang Kristuti ◽  
Bayu Purnomo
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Security Culture ◽  
Nuclear Security ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Research Facilities

Research on nuclear security culture in medical institutions using radioactive sources and materials

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (33) ◽  
pp. 154-166
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Wiśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Strong Support ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Security Culture ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Nuclear Security ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Radioactive Sources

The first self-assessments of nuclear security culture in a medical facility in Poland (2017–2018) have become the milestone for this small organization. It enabled the personnel to understand nuclear security culture and encouraged the managers to plan further improvements in nuclear security culture in the future. The research project titled “The Enhancement of Nuclear Security Culture in Medical Institutions Using Radioactive Sources and Materials” was conducted by Poznan University of Technology, with strong support from the IAEA. According to that project the first part of the article presents and explains the substance of the nuclear security culture, and also shows the differences between concepts of safety culture and security culture. The next part of the article presents objectives, describes the methodology as well as the results of work carried out as part of the research and development project. The content of the last part of the publication results from the author’s research experience, as well as lessons learned in the field of security culture.

scholarly journals Advanced Nuclear Security Program at The Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research - Sosny

2020 ◽  
Vol 1689 ◽  
pp. 012014
Author(s):  
T Korbut ◽  
V Zenevich ◽  
M Kravchenko ◽  
M Bobkova ◽  
I Zubets
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Joint Institute ◽  
Nuclear Security

scholarly journals Consequences of a weak nuclear security culture

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galya I Balatsky ◽  
Ruth Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Security Culture ◽  
Nuclear Security

Cost Calculations at Early Stages of Nuclear Research Facilities in the Nordic Countries

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Iversen ◽  
Seppo Salmenhaara ◽  
Steinar Backe ◽  
Anna Cato ◽  
Staffan Lindskog ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cost Calculations ◽  
Research Facilities

The Nordic countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and to some extent also Finland, had very large nuclear research and development programs for a few decades starting in the nineteen fifties. Today, only some of the facilities are in use. Some have been decommissioned and dismantled while others are at various stages of planning for shutdown. The perspective ranges from imminent to several decades. It eventually became realized that considerable planning for the future decommissioning is warranted and that an integral part of this planning is financial, including how financial funds should be acquired, used and allocated over time. This necessitates that accurate and reliable cost estimates be obtained at all stages. However, this is associated with fundamental difficulties and treacherous complexities, especially for the early ones. Eventually, Denmark and Norway decided not to build any nuclear power plants while Finland and Sweden did. This is reflected in the financing where the latter countries have established systems with special funds in which money is being collected now to cover the future costs for the decommissioning of the research facilities. Nonetheless, the needs for planning for the decommissioning of nuclear research facilities are very similar. However, they differ considerably from those of nuclear power reactors, especially with regard to cost calculations. It has become apparent in the course of work that summation types of cost estimation methodologies give rise to large systematic errors if applied at early stages, in which case comparison based assessments are less biased and may be more reliable. Therefore, in order to achieve the required quality of the cost calculations, it is necessary that data and experience from authentic cases be utilized in models for cost calculations. It also implies that this calculation process should include a well adopted learning process. Thus, a Nordic co-operation has been established for the exchange and evaluation of cost-related information on nuclear research facilities. The aim is to identify good practices, accumulate experience, compile data from actual plants and projects, and to derive methodology for cost calculations, especially for early stages. The work includes the following tasks which constitutes the bulk of the present paper: • identification of good practice with regard to the following: - strategy and planning, - methodology selection, - radiological surveying, - uncertainty analysis; • descriptions of relevant plants, features and projects: - decommissioning of reactor DR 1 in Denmark, - decommissioning of reactor R 1 in Sweden, - decommissioning of the pilot scale uranium fuel reprocessing plant in Norway, - planning for the future decommissioning of the TRIGA reactor in Finland; • techniques for assessments of costs introduction.

Operational analysis of nuclear research facilities in 1999–2008

Atomic Energy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
M. N. Svyatkin ◽  
V. N. Fedulin ◽  
P. V. Shornikov
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
Research Facilities
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