Time Importance in Front Line Cargo Assessment

Time Importance in Front Line Cargo Assessment
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Discussion on the relevance of time for front line officers in determining the presence of nuclear and radioactive materials in cargo. Highlighting trade facilitation challenges vs. nuclear security priorities, process flow in inspections, and statistical data analysis to improve response efficiency and reduce false alarms. Insights from a study on time taken for alarm acknowledgment, data review, and operational bottlenecks in cargo assessment.

  • Cargo assessment
  • Nuclear security
  • Trade facilitation
  • Front line officers
  • Time importance

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  1. DOES TIME MATTER FOR FRONT LINE OFFICER IN CARGO ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OUT OF REGULATORY CONTROL? TRADE FACILITATION VS NUCLEAR SECURITY Amirul Irfan Rusli Royal Malaysian Customs Department IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

  2. Introduction To discuss the efforts and time taken by the FLO in determining the authenticity of indicators in profiling and triggered alarms. It is because a significant percentage of the alarms that are triggered are false, The results would also present the cause of delays and their remedies. IAEA 2

  3. Trade Facilitation vs Nuclear Security SAFE Standard Framework WCO Operational Challenges Trade Facilitation Agreement Nuclear Security IAEA USDOE WTO IAEA 3

  4. Process Flow Inspection Primary Radiation Portal Monitor Start Container Yard Alarm? Ports: Westport 23 RPM 1 SIS Northport 19 RPM 1 SIS Operate by Customs, data shared with AELB Primary Response Acknowledge Alarm Secondary Inspection? Review Data Released No Alarm & OCR Data Notify Terminal Operator Move Container to SIS Shipping Data Yes Secondary Inspection Conduct Secondary Inspection Review Secondary Inspection Data Further Inspection? Released No Move Container for Further Inspection Notify Terminal Operator Yes Additional Inspection (NII & Etc) Review All Data Released Detain? Investigation No Invoke Response Protocol IAEA Notify Response Agency 4 Yes

  5. Descriptive Statistics 2015 2019 3,240,817 TEUs (26.62% of 12M TEUs) selected for RPM 33,103 alarm triggered (1.02% of RPM) 151 TEUs 2nd Inspection (0.45% of alarm triggered) Only 1 genuine case (0.8% of 2nd Inspection) 12,173,013 3,240,817 33,103 151 1 IAEA 5

  6. Time Release Study Acknowledge Alarm 1 Review Data and Risk Management 15 Average time taken 38 hours 14 minutes Bottlenecks; Communication/Notification Container/FLO movement It involves many players in clearance, an effective cooperation would solve the issues. Primary Response Notify Terminal Operator 29 Container and FLO movement to SIS 694 Secondary Inspection 48 Review SI Data 26 Secondary Inspection 24 Notify Terminal Operator Container Movement for Futther Inspection 712 Additional Inspection 20 Review All Data 9 Investigation Notify Response Agency 21 Invoke Response Protocol 695 IAEA 6

  7. Conclusion False alarms can be minimized by applying RM to the selection of TEUs for primary inspection. 53% of false alarm efforts can be optimized on genuine alarms triggered with more containers 15,635, 47% 17,468, 53% False Alarm Authentic Alarm IAEA 7

  8. Conclusion Action Review Data Notification Movement 712 695 694 24 26 21 29 9 48 20 15 1 PRIMARY RESPONSE SECONDARY INSPECTION INVESTIGATION IAEA 8

  9. Conclusion 36 hours and 15 minutes for comm, and movements 38 hours and 14 minutes for whole process Decentralized CAS will reduce travel time Combination of RPM and NII instrument to optimise the FLO resources The longer the cargo clearance time taken, the higher the potential risk of exposure to the gamma and neutron radiation IAEA 9

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