Support for strengthening the security of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2020) include: (1) 47 African countries received technical assistance on drafting and reviewing nuclear security regulations human resource development for nuclear security authorization and inspection of nuclear processes and development of Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plans; (2) implemented physical protection upgrades at the Experimental Training Research Reactor Number complex in Egypt; (3) delivered four national workshops and one regional workshop on Threat Assessment and Design Basis Threat in Colombia and South Africa in March 2019 in Honduras in December 2019 in Jamaica in November 2019 and Zimbabwe in October 2019; (4) provided training to experts in 18 Latin American countries on Security Management and Security Plans for Radioactive Material and Associated Facilities; and (5) removed three Canadian-origin high activity disused sealed radioactive sources from Lebanon in January 2018.