Building and sustaining capacity in nuclear safety is of prime importance to ensure nuclear safety. It is a key element of the work of the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety.
The overall objective of building and sustaining capacity in nuclear safety is that Member States have adequate programmes in place for building and sustaining capacity in nuclear safety, consistent with the Agency’s safety standards, in order to ensure that the highest possible levels of safety are achieved.
Building and sustaining capacity is a systematic and integrated approach that includes education and training, human resource development, knowledge management and knowledge networks (“umbrella approach”).
Building and sustaining capacity in nuclear safety needs to be promoted through activities at the individual, organizational, national, regional and global level and should be implemented based on national strategies.
