Project profile — Provision of nuclear and radiological security support to Jordan

This project supports the International Criminal Police Organization in the delivery of the tabletop exercise “Operation STONE” (Stop Trafficking of Nuclear Elements), which aims to strengthen national capacities in Jordan to detect, respond to and investigate security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials. Project activities include: (1) delivering training to law enforcement, customs, nuclear regulators and other stakeholder agencies; (2) providing electronic equipment to facilitate the scanning of passports at border crossings and crosschecking this information with existing law enforcement databases; (3) providing personal radiation detection equipment to help identify and interdict radioactive materials; and (4) conducting a tabletop exercise to put into practice and validate learning from the training activities.

The expected outcome of this project is increased awareness and preparedness by stakeholder agencies of Jordan to detect, prevent and investigate security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (October 2016) include: (1) increased knowledge by 50 personnel from eight Jordanian stakeholder agencies on the detection, prevention and investigation of security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials; (2) access to 15 Mobile International Criminal Police Organization Network Database devices for deployment at border crossing sites; and (3) access to 30 personal radiation detection devices for use at law enforcement checkpoints.