Management and Coordination of Nuclear Security Activities in Kenya

Over recent years the structure, format and content of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards have been developed further to become the global reference for the delivery of high standards of safety, radiation protection, radioactive waste management (RWM) and the safe transport of radioactive materials. Unlike safety, international standards for security do not exist. While nuclear safety deals with the design and operation of facilities and activities that prevent accidental release of radioactivity into the environment; security, however, embraces the need to protect materials and facilities from theft, misuse, attack or sabotage. In managing and coordinating nuclear security activities, these two factors have been taken into account to ensure that physical security of sources and combating of illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials. The regulatory authority, working together with relevant border and other national security organs, bilateral, the IAEA and other international organizations to contain the situation. (author)