President of WiN (Women in Nuclear) Turkey, B. Gül Göktepe delivered a paper at the IAEA’s Nuclear Security Conference ICONS 2020 (*) titled “REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM PROPOSAL TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM, A Probabilistic Risk Assessment Approach“ in Vienna, on 12th February 2020.
Göktepe, in her talk, following a brief introduction of WiN Global and WiN Turkey emphasised that "the nuclear terrorism risk is still one of the major international security issues although very intensive international efforts have been spent in recent years to prevent it. Improving nuclear security is the most important factor to reduce the global risk of nuclear terrorism. It is essential to secure all nuclear facilities, potential nuclear explosive materials and toxic chemicals against any risk of mishandling”. She suggested that “in detecting and preventing terrorist attacks, due to illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) techniques can be an effective tool to determine the accident sequences that lead to system failures, to remove weak links of the system”. Then she introduced NÜKAD project which is a regional information sharing system proposal for strengthening the regional nuclear security efforts and information management scheme. The Black Sea region is selected as a model to develop such a system of nuclear risk communication. A network called NURMAN is proposed to be established in the region with its centre being in Istanbul. One of her main argument has been “Women organizations, Women in Nuclear in particular should be included in the nuclear security matters as one of the main stakeholders”.
Göktepe’s concluding remarks included that”one of the most effective ways to prevent nuclear terrorism is to create/increase security culture and public awareness on the catastrophic consequences of nuclear terrorism and illicit nuclear trafficking. Final target is to ensure regional capability that can dramatically diminish the consequences of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism risks for the peace and security of the region and the world”.
(*) B. Gül GÖKTEPE at the third International Conference on Nuclear Security: Sustaining and Strengthening Efforts (ICONS 2020) organized by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, was held from 10 to 14 February 2020.
Role of Women in Security
Role of Women in Security
Göktepe, in her talk, following a brief introduction of WiN Global and WiN Turkey emphasised that "the nuclear terrorism risk is still one of the major international security issues although very intensive international efforts have been spent in recent years to prevent it. Improving nuclear security is the most important factor to reduce the global risk of nuclear terrorism. It is essential to secure all nuclear facilities, potential nuclear explosive materials and toxic chemicals against any risk of mishandling”. She suggested that “in detecting and preventing terrorist attacks, due to illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) techniques can be an effective tool to determine the accident sequences that lead to system failures, to remove weak links of the system”. Then she introduced NÜKAD project which is a regional information sharing system proposal for strengthening the regional nuclear security efforts and information management scheme. The Black Sea region is selected as a model to develop such a system of nuclear risk communication. A network called NURMAN is proposed to be established in the region with its centre being in Istanbul. One of her main argument has been “Women organizations, Women in Nuclear in particular should be included in the nuclear security matters as one of the main stakeholders”.
Göktepe’s concluding remarks included that”one of the most effective ways to prevent nuclear terrorism is to create/increase security culture and public awareness on the catastrophic consequences of nuclear terrorism and illicit nuclear trafficking. Final target is to ensure regional capability that can dramatically diminish the consequences of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism risks for the peace and security of the region and the world”.
(*) B. Gül GÖKTEPE at the third International Conference on Nuclear Security: Sustaining and Strengthening Efforts (ICONS 2020) organized by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, was held from 10 to 14 February 2020.