Office for Civil Nuclear Security

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Office for Civil Nuclear Security (Department of
Trade Industry)
Role of OCNS, Threats to the Nuclear Industry and
Security of Civil Nuclear Sites Alan Robinson
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OCNS

• A Security Organisation
• A Government Regulator
• exercising statutory powers on behalf of the
  Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• OCNS Inspectors formally appointed and
  empowered under the Nuclear Industries Security
  Regulations 2003

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OCNS History

• Atomic Energy Security Branch (UKAEA)
• Corporate Security Directorate (UKAEA)
• Directorate of Civil Nuclear Security (UKAEA)
• Office for Civil Nuclear Security (DTI) (Oct
  2000)

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OCNS Core Tasks (1)

• Assess the security threats
• Set the security standards and policies
• Approve security plans (or dispensations)
  advising as necessary
• Undertake security inspections and
  investigations
• Accreditation of IT Systems

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OCNS Core Tasks (2)

• Provide a personnel security clearance (vetting)
  service
• Provide security policy, advice and assistance
• Assist the development of national and
  international standards and best practice
• Promote a security culture within the civil
  nuclear industry

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OCNS Regulate (1)
Civil not MOD

• UKAEA BNFL
• URENCO Ltd UK Nirex Ltd
• BNFL Magnox British Energy
• Amersham/GE Healthcare

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OCNS Regulate (2)

• and others under the Nuclear Industries Security
  Regulations 2003
• Tenants on civil licensed sites
• Transport companies
• Imperial College Reactor Centre
• Scottish Universities Environmental Research
• Centre

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Inspectors Backgrounds

• Government Protective Security
• Security Service
• Armed Services security and counter intelligence
  specialists
• Police Scientific Development Branch
• Cabinet Office

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Threats to the Nuclear Industry

• Sabotage
• Terrorism
• Proliferation
• Theft
• Extremist Pressure Groups
• The Disaffected or Suborned Insider

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Terrorist Threat

• Domestic terrorism
• International terrorism
• Because of the exceptional hazards which would
  follow successful nuclear terrorism, high
  standards of protection are required even when
  the threat is assessed as low, to deter potential
  terrorism and to provide for a sudden increase in
  the threat

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Design Basis Threat

• Planning criteria based on intelligence judgments
• provides a defined and coherent performance
  target
• identifies Operator responsibilities
• identifies threats that are a national
  responsibility

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Security Plan

• Describes the security regime at the site
• Framed to counter the DBT, taking into account
  OCNS guidance material
• Must be approved by OCNS
• A Plan can be approved provided it contains an
  improvement schedule for remedying known
  shortcomings
• Compliance monitored through Inspections and
  other Regulatory activities

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Security Functions

• Site Security
• Physical Security
• Information Security
• Transport Security
• Personnel Security
• Policing and Guarding
• Security Management

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Post September 11th

• Some examples
• Chicanes at entrance points
• Increased searches into sensitive areas
• Visit Restrictions
• Parking Restrictions

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Security Management

• Board level responsibility
• Corporate management strategy
• Internal compliance processes
• Security managers - authority and budgets
• OCNS looks for accountabilities, effective
  processes, adequate budgetary provision and
  effective security outcomes

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Security in practice

• Must comply with the approved security plan
• Changes in operations, sites etc require changes
  to
• security plan in advance
• Increasing emphasis on inspecting corporate
• accountability
• Vetting
• Guarding and response determined by OCNS
• OCNS costs charged to industry