The Committee of Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized and conducted a training course «Basic Instructor Training» on January 18-22, 2021 in Almaty city under the «Global Nuclear Security» program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
The training course was conducted at the Nuclear Security Training Center of the Institute of Nuclear Physics.
Representatives of the atomic sector of Kazakhstan took part in the training course.
It is an introductory course on the basics of nuclear security culture. Experts from the United States, Great Britain, and Indonesia conducted classes remotely.
The training course provides an overview of the basic components and characteristics of nuclear security culture, an overview of the experience in assessing and implementing security culture at the Indonesia Center for Excellence, and an overview of the security culture in the UK. The issues of the relationship between the culture of nuclear physical security and technical safety are considered. Presented results of various studies on security culture. Differences between a leader and a manager, relationship between the threat of an internal violator, and the provision of a security culture.
The training course provided participants with knowledge of the importance and necessity of introducing and implementing nuclear security culture components at their facilities.