A Study on the Promotion of Nuclear Security Culture

Tamai, Hiroshi ; Tazaki, Makiko ; Kokaji, Lisa; Shimizu, Ryo ; Suda, Kazunori 

In recent years the promotion of nuclear security culture aiming at strengthening nuclear security is extensively mentioned, however, awareness of nuclear security culture seems to be not much high compared to the permeation of nuclear safety culture. As a world's leading country of peaceful nuclear use, permeation of nuclear security culture into each personnel attitude must be one of important issues in Japan. Learning from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, complementarity between nuclear safety and nuclear security in the aspect of both protection measures has been profoundly recognised. Therefore, it will be natural to promote nuclear security culture modelled on the preceding nuclear safety culture. On this standpoint, the paper examines an approach for the promotion of nuclear security culture which, for example, consists of awareness cultivation, attitude progress, permeation assessment, and resulting in the establishment of PDCA Cycle.