Practical Implementation of Nuclear Security Culture Principles when Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors at FSUE RISI

When decommissioning nuclear installations (NI) the security requirement is implemented by performing a number of measures: development of a decommissioning program and project, radiation safety assurance in accordance with valuation rules, as well as a complex of organizational and technical means on safety assurance. The organizational and technical measures are aimed at accident prevention and the consequences reduction, at safe radioactive material and waste handling, their accountability, control and physical protection, control over the environment condition on the NI platform, in health protection area and surveillance area. However, at the present time the security assurance in the atomic energy industry cannot be imagined without “a strong concept of safety and security cultures”, which is considered a goal in the nuclear site (NS) security management system. The report emphasizes that apart from performing all security requirements, it is necessary to take the influence of the “human factor” into account when performing procedures on NI decommissioning. The report cites some practical experience in implementing the nuclear security culture principles when decommissioning NI: the pledge of a successful performance of all security related works is a high level of personnel professionalism and competence, responsibility and motivation for safe labor, control and analysis of all works.