World Institute for Nuclear Security

The World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) is an international non-governmental membership organisation located in Vienna, Austria.

It also conducts workshops, training courses and round-tables around the world and offers evaluation services that help licensees of nuclear and other radioactive material assess the maturity of their security programme and measure the results.

WINS had more than 6,000 members [1] from fields such as the private industry, nonprofit organisations, academia, law enforcement, government agencies and national laboratories.

Subsequently, the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK FCO) and the US State Department (Partnership for Nuclear Security or “PNS”) also pledged their support.

WINS hosts a variety of workshops, training courses, round-tables and webinars annually in locations around the world.

These include 36 international best practice guides, numerous special reports and peer review guidelines, as well as presentations and summaries from all workshops.

When stakeholders benchmark where they fall on this scale, they are able to identify possible gaps in their security infrastructure and provide a starting point for improvement.

At the March 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., 12 countries signed a Gift Basket on Certified Training in which they committed to support the WINS Academy in its efforts to expand its international certification programme.

By signing this Gift Basket, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States expressed their support for the commitments in INFCIRC/869 and acknowledged the international recognition of the need for nuclear security training, education, certification and/or qualification activities.