Capacity Building Support

What's New

Overview

To strengthen nuclear nonproliferation (safeguards) and security, it is essential to foster specialists with due knowledge and expertise in the field. Since its establishment in December 2010, ISCN has been developing capacity building support programs to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation and security in Japan as well as in other Asian countries.

To effectively provide capacity building support, continuous improvement is necessary including collaborations with domestic and international organizations and enhancing course contents. ISCN is making efforts to further improve the quality of training based on feedback provided by course participants.

• Development of needs-oriented training courses through surveys among target participants and implementation of the findings in various formats:
  • Multinational: International/Regional Courses conducted in Tokai
  • Bilateral: Bilateral Courses conducted in target countries or ISCN
  • Domestic: National Courses conducted in Japan
• ISCN combines lectures, group exercises, site visits, and hands-on activities using various training tools to ensure deeper understanding of course contents and build practical skills. ISCN tailors training contents to meet the needs of course participants.
• Collaboration with stakeholders: ISCN conducts needs-oriented surveys to reflect the latest trends and expert knowledge in the course materials. ISCN exchanges information and jointly develops and facilitates courses with other capacity building support organizations overseas.

Training Courses

ISCN provides courses in the following three fields to ensure peaceful use of nuclear material owned by each country and effectively protect such materials from theft and sabotage.

1. 1. Nuclear Security Courses
2. 2. Safeguards and SSAC Courses
3. 3. International Nonproliferation Framework Courses

Objectives

By providing these courses, ISCN contributes toward

• Knowledge-sharing
• Experience-sharing, such as good practices
• Development of a domestic framework
• Building practical capacity on State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material as well as the physical protection of such material

Needs-oriented Approach

Training curriculum development based on the needs of target participants

• Awareness raising course for policy makers
• Practical course for practitioners
• Introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses

Nuclear Security Courses

ISCN has been providing the following courses by making the most of JAEA's extensive knowledge and experience as a nuclear operator:

Physical Protection

• Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Facilities
• IAEA International Training Course on the Security of Non-Nuclear Radioactive Material in Transport
• IAEA's Nuclear Security Recommendations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities (INFCIRC/225/Rev.5)
• Physical Protection Detection System Performance Testing
• Tabletop Exercise (TTX)
• Scenario Development

Nuclear Security Culture

• Nuclear Security Culture
• Nuclear Security Culture Self-Assessment
• ISCN-WINS Workshop in collaboration with the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS): ISCN holds an annual workshop in the form of a theatrical session.

Crisis Management

• Nuclear Forensics

Bilateral Cooperation

ISCN provides bilateral support on the requests of target countries.

• Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
• Physical Protection of Radioactive Material

Safeguards and SSAC Courses

ISCN provides training on safeguards and SSAC by utilizing JAEA's experience and expertise as a nuclear fuel cycle research and development organization. ISCN collaborates with the IAEA and other related organizations in facilitating the training.

Regional Training Course

• State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSAC) for IAEA Safeguards
• Measurement Methods and Techniques for Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) for IAEA Safeguards
• Declarations, Complementary Access, and Identification of WMD Materials and Equipment under the Additional Protocol (AP-CIT)
• Sharing of Each Country's Experience with Safeguards and SSAC

IAEA Inspector Training

• Safeguards in Reprocessing Plants
• Digital Cherenkov Viewing Device (DCVD) Training for Spent Fuel Verification

Bilateral Cooperation

ISCN provides bilateral support on the requests of target countries.

• Additional Protocol Declarations
• Safeguards and SSAC Training
• National Training on Safeguards Implementation in Iran

International Nonproliferation Framework Courses

On the requests of target countries, ISCN conducts seminars on international frameworks, including improvement of nuclear nonproliferation and security and framework implementation, in order to raise awareness among relevant parties in target countries and identify specific support needs.

• International trends, policies, and challenges on the peaceful use of nuclear energy as well as nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security
• International frameworks, regulations, and specific practical efforts on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security
• Sharing of Japan's efforts in achieving both peaceful use of nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation

Facilities and Tools

International Cooperation

ISCN has collaborated with various international organizations, frameworks, and authorities for the development and implementation of training.

IAEA

The IAEA recognized ISCN/JAEA's more than 10 years of contributions to the IAEA in the field of nuclear security and designated JAEA as an IAEA Collaborating Centre in the "Nuclear Security Area" on October 22, 2021.

About Collaborating Centres:

An IAEA Collaborating Centre is an IAEA Member State institution designated by the IAEA to support its programs and activities. The designated institution enters into an agreement with the IAEA that includes a work plan, and outcomes are reviewed at the annual review meeting.

ISCN provides technical support for the IAEA's nuclear security efforts and nuclear security personnel training through the following activities as an IAEA Collaborating Centre.

• Hosting IAEA training courses that utilize JAEA's practical experience in the field of nuclear security
• Developing training courses and materials
• Dispatch of experts to IAEA expert meetings and training courses
• Cooperating with IAEA projects and hosting technical meetings based on the results of the development of technologies for detecting and measuring nuclear materials at the JAEA

Safeguards

• Cooperation in conducting regional and international training on the State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSAC)
• Cooperation in conducting international training for member states with Small Quantities Protocols (SQP) under the Safeguards Agreement
• Online training development support

Nuclear Security

• Conclusion of arrangements for cooperation in the field of nuclear security (since 2013)
• Cooperation in organizing IAEA-hosted trainings for nuclear security in Japan
• Dispatch of ISCN experts to IAEA expert meetings
• Participation and cooperation in IAEA-led network activities through the Nuclear Security Support Centres (NSSCs)
  • ISCN actively supports the NSSC network activities and contributes to the enhancement of nuclear security by sharing its good practices of human capacity building through the network with other similar organizations around the world.
• Cooperation in Asia Regional Network (ARN)
  • In collaboration with the International Nuclear Security Academy (INSA) in Korea and the State Nuclear Security Technology Center (SNSTC) in China, both of which are also active under the NSSC network, ISCN promotes cooperation in sharing activities plans, co-hosting training and dispatching instructors, and exchanging information, as part of the Asia Regional Network (ARN).

National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy (NNSA/DOE)

Safeguards

• Mutual participation in training
• Sharing of training materials

Nuclear Security

• Co-hosting of training in the Asian region
• Joint support for training centers in the Asian region
• Supporting the training of ISCN instructors
• Joint development of training materials

EC-JRC

Safeguards

• Dispatch of instructors for conducting training on the State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSAC)
• Development and implementation of technical training on Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) for SSAC

Nuclear Security

• Dispatch of instructors for conducting training in the Asian region
• Co-hosting of training

ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

• Joint hosting of seminars/training on nuclear security and safeguards based on the needs of ASEAN countries
• Contribution to the promotion of cooperation in human capacity building for nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security in the ASEAN region through regular attendance in ASEAN+3 (Japan, China, and Korea) -related meetings

Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA), Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network (APSN)

• Contribution through the Nuclear Security and Safeguards Project (NSSP)
• Compilation of good practices related to the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement provided by member states
• Development and implementation of needs-oriented training among member states