In May 2012, Morocco, Spain and the IAEA jointly organized a technical seminar on the risk of nuclear terrorism. This led to the adoption of a Joint Action Plan that provided an adequate framework for conducting exercises for nuclear security events and radiological emergencies. The Gate to Africa exercise programme on transport security is an implementation of the Joint Action Plan. This publication summarizes the Gate to Africa exercise programme and describes the scenarios utilized. It also lists the lessons learned and findings from the exercises. As such, this publication is intended to assist other Member States interested in implementing their own transport security exercises.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Background
    • 1.1.1. Exercise scope
    • 1.1.2. Exercise objectives
    • 1.1.3. Exercise participants
    • 1.1.4. Exercise documents
    • 1.1.5. Exercise overview
    • 1.1.6. Tabletop exercise
    • 1.1.7. Field exercise
    • 1.1.8. Lessons learned and findings
    • 1.1.9. Conclusion
  • 1.2. Objectives
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
• 2. EXERCISE PROGRAMME METHODOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION
  • 2.1. Threat description (assumption)
  • 2.2. Scenario
    • 2.2.1. Source information
    • 2.2.2. Transport details
  • 2.3. Tabletop exercise
    • 2.3.1. Overview
    • 2.3.2. Facilitators
    • 2.3.3. Observers
    • 2.3.4. Structure
    • 2.3.5. Key elements
    • 2.3.6. Exercise observations
  • 2.4. Field exercise
    • 2.4.1. Content and structure of the joint field exercise
    • 2.4.2. Summary
    • 2.4.3. Command and control
    • 2.4.4. Exercise observations
  • 2.5. International panel
• 3. LESSONS LEARNED AND FINDINGS
  • 3.1. Lessons learned
    • 3.1.1. Main lessons learned
    • 3.1.2. Detailed lessons learned
  • 3.2. Findings
• 4. CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW