Fundamentals of Vulnerability Assessment v1.1
Topics include Vulnerability Assessment (VA), methodological approaches to VA, and upgrades that address deficiencies and increase physical protection effectiveness.
Vulnerability Assessment analyzes prevention, detection, delay, and response to theft, sabotage, unauthorized access, illegal transfer, or other malicious acts with radioactive and nuclear material and associated facilities. Participants learn basic steps for Vulnerability Assessment (VA); identify the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to VA; and evaluate upgrades that address deficiencies and increase physical protection effectiveness.
Individual and small group exercises analyze facility characterization, Design Basis Threat development, outsider/insider threat ranking, Adversary Sequence Diagram development, scenario analysis, tabletop tactical analysis, and upgrade analysis.
- Audience: Competent Authorities, licensees
- Days/Participants: 5/20
- Modality: Classroom instruction and small/large group exercises
- Suggested Prerequisite(s): Fundamentals of Nuclear Security, Fundamentals of NMAC