Original scientific paper

Safety and Security in Nuclear Power Sector

Dejan Škanata ; ENCONET, Zagreb, Croatia
Nenad Debrecin ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Nuclear safety is aimed at preventing accidents while nuclear security is aimed at preventing intentional human acts that might cause accident in the nuclear facility. Consequently, safety is mainly a technical issue while security is mostly connected with intelligence. Both of them have the same goal which comprises protection of the nuclear facility, public and environment. However, safety and security in nuclear power sector have been treated separately. In recent years there is an initiative for their integration. The idea of combining safety and security is not very new but neither is straightforward to be achieved.The paper deals with some commonalities and differences between nuclear safety and nuclear security concepts and argues the roomfor their possible integration,

Keywords

nuclear safety; nuclear security

Hrčak ID:

170797

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/170797

Publication date:

11.4.2016.

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