Objective

Enable participants to perform initial response to a security event involving radioactive or nuclear material (note that this course is based on an IAEA standard course)

Target audience

Law enforcement and first responders

Duration

32 hours

Contents

• Nuclear and radiological threats 
• Radiation basics
• Radiation detection
• Radiation detection workshop
• Personnel protection
• Response levels and criteria
• Hazard assessment
• First response at the scene
• Device identification workshop
• Crime scene management
• Forensics in a contaminated environment
• International assistance
• Crime scene management workshop
• Exercise