The Case for a 2S Approach to Coordination of Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security Cultures

摘要

There have been many efforts in recent years to develop an effective and efficient means of coordinating, integrating, and harmonizing the elements of safety, security, and in some instances safeguards for nuclear facilities and installations. The approach to joint consideration of these three key elements has become known by the abbreviation "3S" and has been the subject of numerous papers, presentations and conferences. However, at the highest level of organizational culture, examination of the basis for defining and implementing a cultural program reveals that not all aspects of nuclear operations are criteria of culture - some functions are best considered at lower levels within the organizational structure. Not every program of nuclear operations should be considered a separate cultural program; many of these aspects are fully considered under the overarching cultural elements of broader programs such as nuclear security culture and nuclear safety culture and therefore should not stand alone.