| Autor: |
Greenberg Jr., Raymond, Watson, Erica E., Morris, Frederic A., de Leal, Patty |
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Proceedings of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting; 2009, p1-5, 5p |
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The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration's Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) reduces and protects vulnerable nuclear and radiological material located at civilian sites worldwide. The GTRI program has worked successfully to remove and protect nuclear and radioactive materials, including orphaned and disused high-activity sources, and is now working to ensure sustainability. Internationally, over 40 countries are cooperating with GTRI to enhance the security of radiological materials. GTRI is now seeking to develop and enhance sustainability by coordinating its resources with those of the partner country, other donor countries, and international organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). There are two key components to effective long-term sustainability. In the first, resources are committed at the site level to operate and sustain security upgrades. In the second, resources are committed at the national level to promote and enforce the continued operation and sustainment of site-level security upgrades. The GTRI program developed a regional approach to sustainability for the Latin American and Caribbean regions by holding a workshop in Guatemala in September 2008, with the overall goal to achieve a common understanding of national and site level components for both regulators and facility operators. This workshop, which was attended by over 30 Latin American and Caribbean representatives, was the first major event in the region to address the challenges of sustaining physical protection upgrades and represented the next phase in the physical protection of radioactive sources. The execution of this regional sustainability approach will help establish precedent for the GTRI in aspects of module development and lessons learned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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