Capacity Building Cooperation on Nuclear Security: Japan’s Experience of COE Cooperation with Indonesia

One of the biggest challenges of nuclear security for the Asian countries who are planning to introduce nuclear power plant is human resource development in nuclear security area. Those nuclear new comer countries are rushing to prepare for the legal and regulatory framework for nuclear security, site construction, physical protection systems, and guard and response forces capabilities, etc. However, it requires quite a number of experts in nuclear security, both in regulatory body and the operator side, and these are difficult to be obtained in a short period of time. Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan’s nuclear security center of excellence (COE), was established in December 2010 to support countries mainly in Asia to develop human resources in nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security. ISCN itself has expanded its capacity to provide nuclear security training and infrastructure development support with the strong support from U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration and Sandia National Laboratories. Using those experiences with U.S. partners, ISCN recently started cooperation with Indonesia on nuclear security human capacity building, with both Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN). This paper describes the methodology and contents of ISCN’s human resource development cooperation with Indonesia through COEs. The purpose of this paper is to provide a model for capacity building cooperation in nuclear security by introducing Japan’s experience, and thus contribute to strengthen regional as well as global nuclear security.