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Regional Webinar on Nuclear Security Detection Architecture: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Detection Operations for French-speaking African States
Introduction
Nuclear security focuses on the prevention and detection of, and response to, criminal and intentional unauthorized acts involving or directed at nuclear material, other radioactive material, associated facilities, or associated activities.
The threat related to criminal or intentional unauthorized acts involving nuclear or other radioactive material out of regulatory control has long been a matter of national and international cooperation. A State’s Nuclear Security Detection Architecture (NSDA) is the integrated set of nuclear security systems and measures, based on an appropriate legal and regulatory framework, needed to implement a national strategy for the detection of nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control (MORC).
This webinar focuses on key elements regarding the planning, implementation and evaluation of detection operations that aim to eliminate or mitigate the risks from MORC. Effective planning, implementation and evaluation are of key importance to ensure the success and sustainability of these operations.
Objectives
The webinar will provide an overview of the fundamental elements of NSDA with the objective to:
- raise awareness of the guidance included in the IAEA Nuclear Security Series regarding planning, implementing and evaluating detection operations within a State or at its borders;
- highlight the challenges related to planning, design and implementation of detection operations;
- present the key elements for detection operation sustainability.