This revision provides guidance to States and their competent authorities on how to establish or improve, implement, maintain and sustain the elements of the nuclear security regime related to radioactive material, associated facilities and activities, with particular emphasis on the development of regulatory requirements. The publication applies to the security of radioactive material in use or in storage, as well as associated facilities and associated activities, and assists Member States in their regimes against unauthorized removal of the radioactive material or sabotage performed with the intent to cause harmful radiological consequences.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
• 2. OBJECTIVES OF A STATE’S NUCLEAR SECURITY REGIME RELATED TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
  • Means of achieving the objectives
• 3. ELEMENTS OF A STATE’S NUCLEAR SECURITY REGIME RELATED TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
  • State responsibility
  • Assignment of nuclear security responsibilities
  • Legislative and regulatory framework
    • State
    • Regulatory body
    • Operator
  • International cooperation and assistance
  • Identification and assessment of threats
    • National threat assessment for radioactive material, associated facilities and associated activities
    • Design basis threat or representative threat statement
    • Increased threat
    • Evaluation methods
    • Risk based nuclear security systems and measures
    • Use of alternative technologies or practices
    • Graded approach
    • Defence in depth
  • Interfaces with the safety system
    • State
    • Operators
  • Sustaining the nuclear security regime
  • Planning and preparedness for and response to nuclear security events
  • Import and export of radioactive material
  • Detection of nuclear security events
• 4. GUIDANCE ON THE SECURITY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
  • Security functions and measures
    • Deterrence
    • Detection
    • Delay
    • Response
    • Security management
  • Guidance on the security of radioactive material in use and storage
    • Security system
  • Guidance on the security of radioactive material in transport
• 5. ESTABLISHING A REGULATORY PROGRAMME FOR THE SECURITY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
  • Step 1: Establish graded security levels with corresponding goals and sub-goals
  • Step 2: Determine the security level applicable to radioactive material: security based categorization
    • Categorization
    • Assigning security levels
    • Additional considerations for adjusting security levels
  • Step 3: Implement a regulatory approach
    • What is the operator required to protect?
    • What is the operator required to protect against?
    • What degree of protection is considered adequate?
    • What are the security measures the operator is required to implement?
    • What are the security management measures the operator is required to implement?
• 6. GUIDANCE ON THE CONTENT OF REGULATIONS
  • Prescriptive approach
    • Security level A measures
    • Security level B measures
    • Security level C measures
    • Security management measures
  • Performance based approach
  • Combined approach
• Appendix I DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY MEASURES
• Appendix II TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED IN AN OPERATOR’S SECURITY PLAN
• Appendix III DESCRIPTION OF A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
• REFERENCES