DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM IN KORA

The physical protection system (PPS) design process includes the vulnerability assessment phase to validate the performance of the designed PPS. The direct evaluation of a PPS consisting of a lot of detection, delay and response elements, requires a large amount of resources (time, manpower, cost, and so on) thus it is an impractical approach in most cases. However, an appropriately developed vulnerability assessment program demands less resource for the PPS design evaluation and provides useful information on the PPS improvement. This paper describes the functional requirements, technical considerations, development plan, and conceptual design of a vulnerability assessment program for Korean PPSs.