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International Atomic Energy Agency in co-operation with
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the International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol (ICPO-Interpol)
European Police Office (Europol) and
World Customs Organization (WCO)

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hosted by the Government of Sweden

International Conference on Security of Material

Measures to Prevent, Intercept and Respond to
Illicit Uses of Nuclear Material and Radioactive Sources

Stockholm, Sweden
7 - 11 May 2001

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

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MONDAY, 7 MAY 2001
08.00 - 10.00 REGISTRATION
10.00 - 11.00 OPENING
  Opening Addresses:
Swedish Government
IAEA
  Conference Keynote Address:
R. Ekeus, Director
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
11.00 - 12.30 SESSION 1: THREATS AND RESPONSES
(Session Chair: M. Gregoric, Slovenia)
(Co-chair: A. Yücel, Turkey)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
"Nuclear terrorism: how real is the threat?"
(A. Schmid, United Nations)
93
"International co-operation against new threats in terrorism"
(R. Maroto, ICPO-Interpol)
89
"The threat of nuclear terrorism"
(M.B. Maerli, Norway)
39
"Assessment of the threat from diverted radioactive material and ‘orphan sources’ – an international comparison"
(F. Steinhausler, Austria)
90
"IAEA programme activities addressing illicit activities involving nuclear and other radioactive materials"
(W.J. Meehan, IAEA)
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.20 SESSION 2: ASSESSING THREATS AND EVALUATING VULNERABILITY
(Session Chair: J.B. Fechner, Germany)
(Co-chair: A. Salmins, Latvia)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
(S. Fernandez Moreno, Argentina)
36
"Establishing Design Basis Threats for the physical protection of nuclear materials and facilities"
(S.A. Chetvergov, Kazakhstan)
59
"The concept of risk in the Design Basis Threat"
(J.M. Reynolds, UK)
69
"Risk management and the vulnerability assessment process of the United States Department of Energy"
(J.D. Rivers,O.B. Johson, S.N. Callahan, USA)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.50 SESSION 2: ASSESSING THREATS AND EVALUATING VULNERABILITY (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
16
"Security studies"
(R. Venot, France)
54
"About role of human factors in the building of physical protection system"
(P. Ivanov, Ukraine)
13
"Assessment of physical protection systems: EVA Method"
(J.-L. Bernard, C. Lamotte, A. Jorda, France)
22
"Physical protection of nuclear facilities against sabotage"
(A. Hagemann, Germany)
Evening
-- Reception hosted by Mayor of Stockholm, Stockholm City Hall --
TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2001
09.00 - 10.20

SESSION 3: PHYSICAL PROTECTION I
(Session Chair: Y. Volodin, Russian Federation)
(Co-chair: J. Bellinger, Australia)

No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
"Strengthening global physical protection practices: gaining better information on national practices for protection of weapons-usable material"
(G. Bunn, USA)
55
"Physical protection as the most important part of the national system of combating illicit trafficking"
(P. Ivanov, I.V. Kokhan, Ukraine)
62
"Joint USA-Russia co-operation to enhance protection of weapons usable nuclear material in Russia"
(P. Cahalane, USA)
58
"The UK national response plan: "an all-risks" approach"
(C.J. Englefield, UK)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
10.50 - 12.30

SESSION 3: PHYSICAL PROTECTION I (Continued)

No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
8
"Overview of the activities on prevention and combating illicit trafficking in nuclear materials and upgrading of physical protection systems in the Czech Republic"
(J. SedlaËek, L.Bartak, Czech Republic)
21
"The German system to prevent, detect and respond to illicit use of nuclear materials and radioactive sources"
(J.B. Fechner, Germany)
76
"The Halland Model - an innovative model for the physical protection of a nuclear facility"
(A.B.F. Boode, Sweden)
35
"Protecting facilities against terrorism and sabotage: is Jamaica prepared to deal with this potential threat?"
(E.D. Powell, Jamaica)
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.30 SESSION 4: PHYSICAL PROTECTION II
(Session Chair: D.M.G. Flory, France)
(Co-chair: S.A. Chetvergov, Kazakhstan)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
56
"Ukraine-Japanese-Swedish Project: upgrading of perimeter protection system at Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT)"
(V. Mykhaylov, V. Lapshin, Ukraine; P. Ek, L.Flyghed, A. Nilsson, Sweden;
N.Ooka, K. Shimizu, K. Tanuma, Japan)
77
"The Swedish Police as a part of the security systems of nuclear material and other radioactive materials"
(L.M. Nylén, Sweden)
83
"Modernization of the physical protection system of IPEN-CNEN/SP"
(F.F. Suzuki, Brazil)
14
"Protection of nuclear installations and nuclear materials against malevolent actions"
(J. Aurelle, France)
47
"Evaluation of effectiveness of physical protection systems at nuclear facilities in the Slovak Republic"
(A. Stefulova, Slovakia)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
16.00 - 17.00 SESSION 5: PHYSICAL PROTECTION III
(Session Chair: D.M.G. Flory, France)
(Co-chair: S.A. Chetvergov, Kazakhstan)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
1
"Revised physical protection at Australia’s forty year old reactor"
(J. Bellinger, E. Ryan, Australia)
43
"Physical protection upgrade in an existing research reactor"
(Presented by: K.R. Kruk, Poland)
(A.R. Ostrowski, J. Koziel, Poland; S. Atkinson, UK; C.E. Robertson, USA)
9
"Upgrading physical protection of nuclear materials in an old nuclear research reactor facility"
(I.I. Badawy, Egypt)
50
"Physical protection at nuclear power plants in Sweden"
(T. Molander, Sweden)
17.00 - 18.00
Attended Poster Session I
WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2001
09.00 - 10.20 SESSION 6: INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, STANDARDS & NATIONAL REGULATORY SYSTEMS
(Session Chair: C. Price, United Kingdom)
(Co-chair: T.B. Lulashnyk, Canada)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
"Ongoing efforts to strengthen the international physical protection regime"
(M. Gregoric, Slovenia)
27
The safety and security of radioactive materials"
(A.D. Wrixon, P. Ortiz-López, B. Dodd, IAEA)
42
"Steps to implement the legal and regulatory infrastructure for physical protection of nuclear material in Peru"
(R. Ramírez Quijada, Peru)
18
"The declaration regime: an efficient tool to improve control and protection of nuclear materials in France"
(L.P. Pillette-Cousin, France)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
10.50 - 12.00 SESSION 6: INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, STANDARDS & NATIONAL REGULATORY SYSTEMS (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
51
"Revising national physical protection regulations for nuclear facilities"
(S.G. Isaksson, Sweden)
15
"The financial implications of certain types of cross-border pollution: the polluter-pays principle"
(J.-P. Montmayeul, France)
34
"Radioactivity in scrap recycling: monitoring, detecting and regulatory issues"
(R. Gallini, V. Berna, A. Bonora, Italy)
12.00 - 12.20 SESSION 7: ILLICIT TRAFFICKING - INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND RESPONSES
(Session Chair: S. Magnusson, Iceland)
(Co-chair: R. Maroto, ICPO-Interpol)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
"Patterns and Trends in Illicit Trafficking"
(P. Williams, USA)
 
----- Lunch Break -----
13.45 - 15.15 SESSION 7: ILLICIT TRAFFICKING - INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND RESPONSES (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
72
"The World Customs Organization’s partnership concept"
(Presented by: D.E. Smith, USA)
(E. Saka, World Customs Organization)
67
"The Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group: making a difference in combating illicit trafficking"
(S. Niemeyer, USA; L. Koch, European Commission)
79
"Open source intelligence: a tool to combat illicit trafficking"
(J. Sjöberg, Sweden)
40
"Russian spent marine fuel as a global security risk"
(K.Gussgard, O.C. Reistad, Norway)
29
"Technical considerations for detection of and response to illicit trafficking in radioactive materials"
(K.E Duftschmid, Austria; R. Arlt, IAEA; J. Cunningham, UK; J.P. Gayral, France; N. Kravchenko, Russia; D. Smith, R. York, USA)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.45 - 17.15 SESSION 8: ILLICIT TRAFFICKING - TECHNOLOGY AND METHODS
(Session Chair: D.S. Ionescu, Romania)
(Co-chair: B.A. Ringbom, Sweden)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
28
"Improvement of equipment needed for the detection and characterization of nuclear material and radioactive samples at borders"
(R. Arlt, A. Kovar, IAEA; K.E. Duftschmid, M.Swoboda, P. Beck, W.Lewis, Austria)
26
"Detection of smuggling of nuclear material covered by a legal transport of radioactive material"
(J. Sáfár, J. Zsigrai, N.C. Tam, L. Lakosi, Hungary)
75
"Experiences from the ITRAP pilot study"
(C. Schmitzer, Austria)
73
"A proposal for an international tagging system for radioactive materials"
(M. Bahran, Yemen)
61
"Methodology for evaluating port vulnerability to nuclear smuggling"
(D.R. Ek, J.R. Gronger, D. Martin, J.A. Blankenship, USA)
64
"A tubeless portable radiation search tool (PRST) for special nuclear materials"
(R.S. Seymour, C.D. Hull, T. Crawford, M. Bliss, R.A. Craig, USA)
17.15 - 18.00
Attended Poster Session II
THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2001
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION 9: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO ILLICIT TRAFFICKING
(Session Chair: M. Bahran, Yemen)
(Co-chair: World Customs Organization)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
Keynote Address:
"Prevention of the Use of Legal Trafficking for Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Sources Smuggling"
(N. Kravchenko, Russian Federation)
11
"Assisting Eastern European countries in the setting up of a national response to nuclear smuggling"
(W. Janssens, P. Daures, K. Mayer, O. Cromboom, A. Schubert, L. Koch, European Commission)
44
"Domestic cooperation in combating illegal nuclear traffic – experience of the Emergency Service Centre"
(G. Smagala, R. Tanczyk, Poland)
37
"Progress in the activities on prevention and combating of illicit trafficking of nuclear material in Lithuania"
(S. Kur_elis, A. Stadalnikas, Lithuania)
48
"Techniques and routines to detect and respond to illicit trafficking in Sweden – a survey"
(B.A. Ringbom, L.Spjuth, Sweden)
45
"Organization of customs control of fissionable and other radioactive materials"
(L. Ukhlinov, V. Bojko, Russian Federation)
57
"An intelligence led approach to intercepting the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive material"
(O. Kulinich, Ukraine)
46
"Measures against illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials in the Slovak republic"
(S. Bezák, Slovakia)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
11.00 - 12.00 SESSION 9: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO ILLICIT TRAFFICKING (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
6
"Combating illicit trafficking of nuclear material and other radioactive sources in Republic of Bulgaria"
(A. Gotsev, K. Dimitrov, Bulgaria)
4
"Measures against illicit trafficking of nuclear material and radioactive sources in the Republic of Belarus"
(O. Piotoukh, Belarus)
12.00 - 12.30
Discussion
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 14.40 SESSION 9: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO ILLICIT TRAFFICKING (Continued)
(Session Chair: L. Himmelsbach, USA )
(Co-chair: P. Beck, Austria)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
53
"Efforts of Turkey in combating with illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and other radioactive materials"
(A. Yücel, N. Aktas, A. Yilmazer, Turkey)
52
"National infrastructure for detecting, controlling and monitoring radioactive materials"
(I. Othman, Syrian Arab Republic)
10
"Strategies to reduce illicit uses of radioactive materials: the Ethiopian perspective"
(G. Gebeyehu Wolde, Ethiopia)
31
"Legal framework and practice to prevent and detect illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials"
(D. Sembiring, Indonesia)
14.40 - 15.00
Discussion
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.30 - 16.20 SESSION 9: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO ILLICIT TRAFFICKING (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-86
 
71
"The prevention of illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material in Vietnam"
(N.T. Nguyen, Viet Nam)
41
"Measures against illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and other radioactive sources in Nigeria"
(A.J. Coker, C.A. Adesanmi, Nigeria)
32
"Development of measures to deal with illicit trafficking of nuclear materials in Ghana"
(C. Schandorf, J.K. Amoako, S.D. Asiamah, Ghana)
30
"Safety and security of radioactive materials – the Indian scenario"
(A. Kumar, S.P. Agarwal, U.B. Tripathi, B.K.S. Murthy, B.C.Bhatt, India)
60
"Regulatory control and safety of radioactive sources in Bangladesh"
(A.S. Mollah, Bangladesh)
16.20 - 17.00
Discussion
FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2001
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION 10: LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE NEEDS
Chairs/co-chairs’ Overview of Sessions 1-9
 
----- Coffee Break -----
11.00 - 12.15 SESSION 10: LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE NEEDS (Continued)
  Keynote Address:
"Recommendations for strengthening the national systems and the international regime for combating of illicit trafficking"
(Paul Ek, Sweden)
Round Table Discussion:
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
Invited Round Table drawn from Conference participants
12.15 - 12.30
Closing of conference


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