ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses dynamics of nuclear safety-security-safeguards conceptually and the global governance regime of nuclear technology. Preventing nuclear material and technology from diversion to military purposes or slippage into wrong hands constitutes another dimension of nuclear security, and is aimed to deter and detect unauthorised removal of nuclear material to provide assurance that all nuclear material is accounted for. In other words, nuclear safeguards fundamentally target state actors, nuclear security focuses on terrorists, and nuclear safety covers engineering phenomena but all aim to ensure safe and secure nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is considered as the global hub of nuclear safety and security. However, there is considerable dilemma on how to reconcile national sovereignty with global responsibility to meet nuclear security objectives. The International Nuclear Regulators Association (INRA) established in 1997, having 31 regulators as its members, provides a periodic forum to discuss nuclear safety and collective strategy.
