Guidance on Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security Integration in a Vendor Management System

Abstract

Recent regulatory activities have demonstrated a shift in licensee expectations that healthy nuclear safety culture must include both excellence in nuclear security and human performance.While these aspects are integrated to varying degrees in the management system framework of Plan-Do-Check-Act; there are challenges in understanding the use of the language and the new performance indicators that may be useful to make the organization health visible to leaders in these areas. In this regard, such a framework would need to provide oversight assurance that both field and knowledge workers are cognisant of the expectations of nuclear safety and security in their work activities.This paper will explore our recent understanding and operating experience as an OEM vendor in relation to the above and proposed recent changes in REGDOC 2.1.2 Safety Culture [1]. For context, we will provide an overview of our experience in using the Canadian Federal Industrial Security Manual as a basis of management system requirements to context nuclear security in a manner that supports our operations and proposed regulatory direction.