📋 Tender Overview
Project Type
Coordinated Research Project
Project Code
J02015
CRP
2280
Approved Date
2 July 2020
Status
Active - Ongoing
Start Date
20 April 2022
Expected End Date
1 July 2026
Participating Countries
AlbaniaAustraliaBangladeshBelgiumCambodiaCameroonChinaDjiboutiGhanaIndiaIran (Islamic Republic of)JapanJordanLao People’s Democratic RepublicMyanmarPakistanPhilippinesSaudi ArabiaSouth AfricaThailandTunisiaUnited Republic of TanzaniaViet NamZambiaZimbabwe
Description
Facilitation of safe and secure trade is a fundamental need for every State. Although trade facilitation is critical to economic prosperity, it is also essential to ensure the safety and security of the supply chain by detecting, preventing, and deterring illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials. To address nuclear security and safety issues, Member States have installed more than 11,000 radiation portal monitors (RPMs) at border locations (airports, seaports, land border crossings) around the globe to detect the presence of nuclear and other radioactive material. Though the use of these radiation detectors has mostly been limited to nuclear security applications, these passive nuclear detection technologies could readily be used to provide an additional layer of radiation safety and also yield data to be used in conjunction with information-based risk assessment and other non-intrusive inspection technologies to enhance detection of other types of illicit trafficking and commercial fraud. The focus of the CRP is the enhancement of the use and sustainability of nuclear detection technologies by developing and advancing the methods, techniques, algorithms, software tools, specifications and technical guidance documents used to detect nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control. Concurrently, the improvement in the methods and approaches will be used to facilitate safe and secure trade by enhancing the use of nuclear detection technologies and data analytics to also detect radiation safety hazards, and support detection of anomalies that indicate the possible presence of other contraband materials or commercial fraud.
Objectives
The primary objective of the CRP is to enhance the use and sustainability of nuclear security detection systems and measures at points of entry/exit and other trade locations used to detect nuclear and other radioactive material out of control. Through the development and advancement of nuclear detection technology related methods, techniques, algorithms, software tools, specifications and technical guidance documents, nuclear detection systems will be improved and concurrently support facilitation of safe and secure trade. The integration of nuclear detection technologies with other technologies and data analytics will support detection of anomalies indicating the presence of other contraband materials, safety hazards, and commercial fraud. The increased value of nuclear security detection systems
