Nordisk Sikkerhet AS assisted the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine by providing the staff at the Lisichansk border detachment located along the uncontrolled area in the South-East Ukraine with the technical means and training for nuclear and radiological materials control. The Lisichansk border detachment is a newly established SBGS border detachment, which lacked hand-held detectors, personal dosimeters, contamination control and decontamination supplies. This project addressed these needs by providing radiological and nuclear material detection, dosimetry, decontamination equipment and corresponding trainings. This project raised the detection and mitigation capability of the SBGS and helps SBGS to prevent and manage the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radiological material through the vulnerable perimeter with uncontrolled territory in the South-East of Ukraine.

Non-proliferation of radiological and nuclear (RN) materials

Lisichansk, Ukraine

State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine;

Lisichansk Border Detachment of SBGS;

Norway

Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) via the Norwegian Government’s Action Plan for Nuclear Activities and the Environment in the Northern Areas for 2018-2022;

Programme manager: Pavel Tishakov

Project manager/project support in Ukraine: Pavel Lebedev

NorSik and SBGS prepared for and conducted four open tenders for procurement of the equipment supplied within a scope of this project. All tender documents were openly published on the public procurement website in Norway - Doffin.no, on the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) public procurement website in Europe, and on the Nordisk Sikkerhet’s website:

• Nordisk Sikkerhet AS - project implementor;
• Administration of State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine - beneficiary/project partner;
• Lisichansk border detachment of SBGS - recipient;
• SBGS training center in Orshanets - provision of trainings, table-top and field exercises on the use of newly supplied equipment;
• State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management - provision of access to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for implementation of field exercises;
• Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) - project donor, assistance with project registration as international technical assistance;
• Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade - project registration as international technical assistance;
• Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv - assistance with organisation and conduct of equipment handover ceremony in Lisichansk.

Nov 2018 – May 2020

Completed

All the equipment, e.g. 1 mobile decontamination complex (a fully equipped mobile unit with all components and chemicals necessary for quick decontamination of material and persons), 20 electronic dosimeters, 20 detectors, 5 isotope identification devices, 5 data panels with automatic radiation monitoring detectors, and a kit for repair of equipment were produced, tested, delivered, commissioned, and handed over to the Lisichansk border detachment.

The Project established the detection and mitigation capability of the SBGS to help prevent and manage the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radiological material through the vulnerable perimeter with uncontrolled territory in the South-East of Ukraine.

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25 June 2021