Conveners
Oral Session #3 – Radiological Crime Scene Management
- John Simm (Metropolitan Police, UK)
With the current credible terrorism threat level at ‘probable’ , Australian state and federal police agencies continue to prioritise CBRNe (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield Explosives) interagency training for frontline responders. The ANSTO Nuclear Forensics team have provided the RN component of the interagency workshops for Australian law enforcement over the last...
Nuclear or other radioactive materials can be a target of criminal acts and terror attacks, as these materials can be effective tools used in a variety of radiological weapons as in radiological dispersal devices (RDD) or in radiological exposure devices (RED). These weapons can be effective for panic generation and causing economical demage at a state. Illicit trafficking and smuggling of...
Abstract - NUCLEAR FORENSIC SCIENCE SUPPORT TO A NUCLEAR SECURITY EVENT
A crime scene is any physical scene, anywhere, that may provide potential evidence to an investigator. It may include a person’s body, any building, vehicles, places in the open air, or objects found at those locations. “Crime scene examination” refers to an examination where forensic or scientific techniques are used to preserve and gather physical evidence of a crime.
The crime scene with...
The European Nuclear Security Training Centre (EUSECTRA) was inaugurated under this global name about than 10 years ago and is operated by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC). It, includes a large variety of capacity building and professional development activities, which span from the hands-on training for nuclear security and safeguards actors (e.g. front line officers, law...
On June 3, 2010, the FBI Laboratory opened its newest partner facility dedicated to the examination of evidence contaminated with or containing radioactive and nuclear materials at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). The FBI facility, known as the Radiological Evidence Examination Facility (REEF), opened with great fanfare, with local, state, and federal politicians giving speeches...
