Proceedings ESARDA 28th Annual Meeting - Luxembourg 29 May - 2 June 2006

Abstract

Extract from the Introductory presentation of ESARDA's president (J. Joly), giving a general overview of the topics that are being discussed in this proceeding.

Pillars of safeguards culture It’s necessary that the security culture does not remain within the concerned organizations and their personnel. Each one in its domain, has to make the effort to inform the public and the media. This must be felt by the public like a sign of professionalism, competence and responsibility of all actors. It must contribute to establish the confidence of each one in nuclear safeguards.

ESARDA has to play a major role in this field ESARDA is a unique place where operators, research centers, safeguards agencies and regulators could develop a full dialogue on safeguards matters. ESARDA through all the different WG could address all the topics involve in safeguards : best techniques, best practices, tutorial, publication, …

ESARDA has to play a major role in this field ESARDA need to have, as members, the largest representation of the European safeguards community. This is requested by necessity to discuss and share all experiences relates to : distribution of responsibilities, commitments, management structures, resources, definition and control of working practices, qualifications and trainings, audits, reviews, comparisons…