why regulators must set professional competency standards ... · roger howsley¹and michael...

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