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The responsibility for establishing its own physical protection regime of nuclear material and nuclear facilities rests entirely with the State.
As with other nuclear facilities, any type of small modular reactors requires implementation of physical protection measures.
The establishment of a physical protection system for small modular reactors should be based on the fundamental principles and categorization of nuclear material defined by the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities. Based on the category of nuclear material used, the physical protection system of a specific atomic energy facility is being established.
New technologies of small modular reactors have a number of differences, including their compactness, mobility and the ability to be located in remote regions. The compactification of nuclear technologies implemented in small modular reactors should not mean an automatic and proportional reduction in the amount of funds and resources required to ensure their physical protection (such as the installation of engineered features, hiring and training of physical protection personnel, the cost of maintaining an effective physical protection system).
General approaches to and possible challenges for maintaining physical protection of small modular reactors will be set forth in the paper.
| Country OR International Organization | State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation |
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| Email address | RMaBaychurin@rusatom.ru |
| Confirm that the work is original and has not been published anywhere else | YES |
