Year
2016
Abstract
The Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), established in December 2010, has been providing capacity building programs to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security mainly in Asian countries in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), U.S. Department of Energy (US/DOE) and other relevant organizations. Support programs for human capacity building have been gradually developing in terms of quantity and quality. In these days, many training providers conduct support programs targeting Asian countries. IAEA, US/DOE, ISCN, and International Nuclear Security Academy (INSA) of the Republic of Korea are those providers, and the State Nuclear Security Technology Center (SNSTC) of China will become one of them in March 2016. During the last five years, since the establishment of ISCN, we have already witnessed the development and enhancement of the nonproliferation regime in Asian countries: Vietnam has concluded its Additional Protocol in September 2012 and received a Broader Conclusion from the IAEA in May 2015; and Indonesia established the Indonesia Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security and Emergency Preparedness (I-CoNSEP) targeting mainly domestic personnel who are involved in nuclear security and safety. We see a diversification of needs from Asian countries, as the environment of peaceful uses of nuclear energy changes. Under these circumstances, ISCN introduced a survey targeting the participants of the past ISCN training courses from Asian countries. The purpose of this survey was to receive feedback from the participants in order to develop better and effective human capacity programs. Based on the survey as well as the interviews conducted in the selected countries, this paper studies the effect of the past ISCN training courses and further examines the future directionality of its training programs.