USG AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO COUNTER NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION NSDD plays a key role within the USG supporting the development of counter nuclear smuggling programs and policy. Specifically, NSDD works with complementary programs at the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and the FBI to share information, coordinate projects, and leverage strengths and resources to maximize each agency’s efforts. NSDD partnered with the FBI WMD Directorate to develop and deliver a course for law enforcement use of NSDD provided mobile detection equipment. This course, called the Radiation Detection and Investigative Techniques training (RDIT) teaches law enforcement operators of NSDD provided equipment on how to use it in the course of investigations of criminal activity involving R/N material. NSDD’s partnership with the FBI is a truly complementary one. It combines the technological and scientific expertise resident within NSDD with the law enforcement and criminal investigation expertise held by the FBI.
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NSDD is a frequent collaborator with the Department of State, specifically its Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. NSDD coordinates ISN’s Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program on implementing radiation detection solutions in countries in which both programs work. NSDD supports ISN’s office of Weapons of Mass Destruction -Terrorism (WMD-T) and their Joint Action Plans with partner countries. Many of the goals and objectives contained within the Joint Action Plans directly stem from NSDD programmatic goals to develop a partner country’s national radiation detection architecture. NSDD supports the implementation of the Joint Action Plans and regularly
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participates in the Joint Action Plan review process. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a frequent collaborator with NSDD in a variety of different areas. NSDD has collaborated with DTRA on areas such as joint trainings, joint installations, and most recently in joint projects focused on enhancing green border security. Lastly, scientists and laboratory experts have had extensive cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), now the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office on scientific testing of radiation detection equipment.
