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Nuclear security measures are required for nuclear power plants to prevent radiological sabotage and unauthorized removal of nuclear materials. For this purpose, prevention, detection, delay, and response security measures for physical protection and cyber security are performed, and related systems are installed.
As these security measures and systems are related to the plant design and can affect plant safety and operations, the IAEA Nuclear Security Series and Safety Standards require integrated consideration from the plant design stage, as follows;
- IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 13 (INFCIRC/225/Rev. 5)
(Fundamental Principle E) For a new nuclear facility, the site selection and design should take physical protection into account as early as possible and also address the interface between physical protection, safety and NMAC to avoid any conflicts and to ensure that all three elements support each other.
-IAEA Safety Standards No. SSR-2/1 (Rev.1)
(Requirement 8) Safety measures, nuclear security measures and NMAC for a nuclear power plant shall be designed and implemented in an integrated manner so that they do not compromise one another.
In particular, compared to large nuclear power plants, SMRs have many novel aspects and limitations, which may affect not only safety but also security.
Therefore, it is essential to design SMR holistically, by integrating physical security and cyber security, into an effective system. As cyber threats evolve rapidly and the use of programmable digital systems increases, integrated design of physical and cyber security is important to achieve robustness of the SMR's security system.
For these reasons, this paper will analyze physical protection and cyber security areas that need to be reviewed from a security perspective for various standard designs of SMRs and cover key references for review, interface with other technical areas, documents required from vendors, and review criteria to consider.
| Country OR International Organization | ROK (the Republic of Korea) |
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| Email address | vivacita@kinac.re.kr |
| Confirm that the work is original and has not been published anywhere else | Yes |
