1. Team Training
7/5/2019
TM on the Safety and Security Interface Group 4 Safety and Security Culture Interfaces
October 2018

2. 9 participating members
Team Composition
9 participating members
8 Countries
3 Regulators
3 Government organizations (TSO)
2 Operators
1 consultant

3. Reference Documents
Using the Operational and Technical Interface list as a Prompt list
Summary Table of Safety and Security Culture Attributes (GSG3.5, Nuclear security series 7)
GSR part 2 Leadership and Management for safety
Research Reactors Tech doc 1801

4. Work Process
Free form discussion on Safety Culture and Security Culture – common understanding
Two working groups identifying the nature of Safety and Security Interface and discussion of definition
Whole Group work discussions to identify
Good practices from experience of participants
Opportunities for Organizations to support, develop and align Safety and Security Culture
Challenges/Tensions to achieve alignment of Cultures

5. Safety and Security Culture Definition
Conclusion : Cultural definition should be based on a positive definition eg “support, enhance, foster” etc Example The assembly of characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of individuals, organizations and institutions which serves as a means to support, enhance and sustain nuclear safety and security

6. Good practices
Integration of the Safety and Security departments to have one vision and report through the same Head/Executive.
Cooperative agreements across agencies and organisations, regular meetings to coordinate activities
At the security organisation started to introduce more about safety terminology and concepts. This had a positive impact on the safety culture-security culture.
Involvement of Safety and Security persons in investigations of each other’s area.
Celebration/ acknowledgement of successful targets or milestones reached by the efforts of the team/organisation.
Multi-organisational or multi-disciplinary debriefing after exercises/ events/incidents.
Regular forums/meetings held with the public in neighbouring areas of licensees are held, sharing some information related to safety and security.

7. Recommendations
Positive reinforcement of good behavioural and organisational practices, with the intention of improving culture.
Emphasis be placed on systems architecture for the support of safety and security culture and their interface.
Promotion of the safety and security interface and the overall positive impact on an organisation performance, by persons adequately skilled in the both areas and the interface. This could lead to support and training programmes in this area.

8. Recommendations for the IAEA
The roles and responsibilities for safety and security are well specified in the IAEA guidance. A recommendation is to reconcile both.
IAEA could consider developing methodology/tool for evaluation of the culture regarding the safety and security interface
Support member state training programmes to enhance training of all staff (both technical and other functions) in both Safety and Security on baseline or core requirements.