Project profile — Establishing a Counter Nuclear Smuggling Training Centre in Jordan

This project aims to help establish a training centre in Amman for classroom and hands-on learning on the operation and maintenance of radiation detection equipment, including that being provided to Jordan by Canada under separate projects. The facility will include a fully-equipped mock border crossing for operation. Project activities include providing handheld radiation detection and identification equipment for use at the training facility.

The expected outcome of this project is the improved effectiveness of training delivered at the Royal Scientific Society’s Radiation Detection Training Center on the operation and maintenance of radiation detection equipment, which will lead to a strengthened capacity to prevent the illicit trafficking of nuclear or radiological materials in Jordan.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include increased access by students of the Royal Scientific Society’s Radiation Detection Training Center to 28 units of handheld radiation detection and identification equipment.