Identification and Categorization of Sabotage Targets, and Identification of Vital Areas at Nuclear Facilities

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 48-T
Technical Guidance

English STI/PUB/2092 | 978-92-0-120924-5

90 pages | 10 figures | € 54.00 | Date published: 2024

https://doi.org/10.61092/iaea.74e6-e2yc

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This publication provides detailed guidance (i) on the identification of potential sabotage targets in a nuclear facility and possible vulnerabilities that could lead to unacceptable or high radiological consequences if an initiating event of malicious origin were to take place and (ii) on the identification of vital areas in nuclear facilities. It also includes guidance to assist States in accounting for the potential risks to a facility associated with stand-off sabotage attacks. This publication is intended to be used by States, competent authorities involved in protection against the sabotage of nuclear and other radioactive material, relevant technical and scientific support organizations, as well as the operators of associated facilities and activities.

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Keywords

IAEA Nuclear Security, Identification, Categorization, Sabotage Targets, Vital Areas, Nuclear Facilities, Security Measures, Safety Measures, General Overview, Methodology, Protection, Threat Statements as Input, Sabotage Target Identification Process, Sabotage Attack Scenarios, Off site Sabotage Attacks, Documentation and Information, Practical Examples, Sabotage Logic Model, Facility Walkdowns, Extreme Environmental Load Evaluations, Graded Approach, Input Data, High Radiological Consequences, Threat Characteristics, Site Characteristics, Facility Characteristics, Indirect, Direct and Semi-Direct Acts of Sabotage, Vulnerabilities of Structures, Systems and Components Important to Safety, Malicious Origin, Stand-off Sabotage Attacks, Radioactive Material, Operators, States, Competent Authorities, Technical and Scientific Support Organizations

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