International Development Grant

Secure transport and storage of disused and orphaned radiological sources in Ukraine

Project Number: CA-3-D003941001

Status: Closed

Country/Region:

Ukraine 100.00%

Maximum Contribution: $1,500,000.00

Start Date: September 01, 2016

End Date: March 31, 2023

Duration: 6.6 years

Project Description

This project seeks to strengthen physical protection measures for disused radiological sources in Ukraine. Project activity includes: (1) providing transportation and storage containers and vehicular tracking infrastructure to securely transport and consolidate disused and orphaned radiological sources from Ukraine’s temporary storage facilities to the newly built Vector facility in Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Securely storing this material will should strengthen Ukraine’s ability to counter radiological security threats.

Expected Results

The expected outcome of this project includes: strengthened physical protection measures for disused and orphaned radiological sources in Ukraine.

Progress & Results Achieved

Results achieved at the end of the project (January 2022) include: (1) provided 29 specialized containers for the secure transport of disused radiological sources from 5 of Ukraine’s temporary storage facilities to a long term storage facility; (2) supported system upgrades including a secure transport tracking infrastructure within the transportation control centers of 2 of Ukraine’s temporary radiological storage facilities; and (3) installed security upgrades to the tracking system connectivity on 4 transport vehicles.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
United States Department of State

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br

Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Sectors not specified 100%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs

Budget Breakdown
2017-04-01 to 2018-03-31 $1,500,000 CAD
Geographic Information
Geoname Code:690791;SRSName:http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326;GeoCoordinates:49.000000 32.000000
Reference ID: 2016200740