Enhancement of physical protection measure at JAEA based on the revised nuclear reactor regulation law

Kodani, Yoshiki; Tanuma, Koji; Ito, Toru 

The revised Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law aiming at strengthening of the physical protection taking into account of INFCIRC/225/Rev.4 requirement, which is the latest recommendations by IAEA was enforced in December, 2005. The primary points of revised law are (1) introduction of confidentiality on physical protection, (2) implementation of physical protection inspection, and (3) introduction of Design Basis Threat (DBT). In this report, it introduces about the point of the revised Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law, the overview of the instruction by regulatory authority and the overview of corresponding measure by JAEA.