Experiences And Future Challenges On Education And Training At IRSN On Nuclear Safeguards And Security

Because of the large nuclear program in France, French authorities decided to setup a Technical Support Organization, namely IRSN, which is a public institute with currently around 1800 employees. As one of its mission, IRSN contributes to education and training on its main field of activities. This paper first presents the overall training effort at IRSN in the areas of Safeguards and Security. The diversity of training, media and audiences is highlighted as well as the evolution of these practices over the past years. With dedicated lecture on nuclear Safeguards and Security in several master programs, IRSN raises awareness among students that could be later involved on these topics. IRSN also provides professional training for the sake of its own employees, but also for other national and international audience. These professional training includes e-learning and face-to-face training, exercises at a national level as well as tabletop exercises. Education and training at IRSN are one component of the larger concept of knowledge management. The paper addresses the methodology that is used at IRSN to identify critical knowledge. It considers skill and expertise, strategy, and fragilities. For this process, the paper finally addresses future challenges: the priority actions on education and training - and more globally on knowledge management - that are proposed for the coming years for nuclear Safeguards and Security.