Agenda

Transport Security: A Virtual Technical Exchange

Co-Hosted: Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority and the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Office of International Nuclear Security and Office of Radiological Security.

Dates: Thursdays at 1200 GMT

All times are in GMT (Conversion table at the end)

TimeEvent

BLOCK I :  Transport Security in Africa

Session 1:  Thursday, 28 April 2022 (all times in GMT)

1200 - 1215Opening Comments
  • US NNSA
  • Nigeria, ONSA
1215 - 1245Key Note:  Introduction: Transport Security and the Future. WNTI
1215 - 1300Break
1300 - 1340Transport security components of the NTI index with Q&A. NTI
1340 - 1410Regional Transport Security Trends for Nuclear and Radioactive Material.
FNRBA - Thematic Group 5 WG
1410Closing

BLOCK II:  Threats and Risks to Transport Security

Session 2:  Thursday, 05 May (all times in GMT)

1200 - 1210Opening Comments from Organizer (Nigeria)
1210 - 1230Identifying insider threats to RM/NM during Transport (ORNL)
1230 - 1310Transportation Security Measures:  Best Practices for Enhancing Security (with Q&A)
  • Transport Assets Protection Association, EMEA
1310 - 1350Panel Discussion on Transport Security Vulnerability Issues

Each speaker will give a 15 min presentation and then we will have a Q&A panel discussion with input from participants.

  • Vehicle Telemetry (ORNL)
  • Geo-locationing (NTS)
  • Unmanned Vehicles (ORNL)
1350 - 1410BREAK
1410 - 1440Preventing and Combatting Terrorism in Africa -  Interpol

BLOCK III: Controls on Radioactive and Nuclear Material Movements

Session 3:  12 May 2022 (all times are GMT)

1200 - 1210Opening and Welcome Remarks
1210 - 1230Remarks from FNRBA
1230 - 1300Remarks from IAEA TSU Head
1300 - 1330Remarks from ORNL SME
1330 - 1345BREAK
1345 - 1455Panel Discussion on Regulatory Development in Africa

Moderator: 
  • FNRBA or ORNL SME

Panelists:
  • Burkina Faso
  • Ghana
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Zambia
1455 - 1500Summary

BLOCK IV:  Transport Operations

Session 4:  19 May 2022 (all times in GMT)

1200 - 1230Conducting transport operations: Issues impacting Transport Security by Industry Representative
1230 - 1245

Q&A

1245 - 1330Panel Discussion on international shipments
  •  STS - Greg Phillips or Roy Boyd or Mat King
  •  NTS - Alex Barrow
  •  Coordination with the State
1415 – 1445

Next steps Discussion

  • FNRBA Rep
  • NNRA
  • Ghana
  • Kenya

Time Zone Management

LocationLocal TimeTime ZoneUTC offset
Washington DC0800EDT-4 hours
Abuja Nigeria1300WAT+1
Rabat, Morocco1300WEST+1
Nairobi, Kenya1500EAT+3
Vienna, Austria1400CEST+2
London, UK 1300BST+1
UTC1200UTC0