The INCLUDING platform for Radiological and Nuclear exercises and training: the Joint Action at the Piraeus port

Abstract

In the framework of the H2020 project INCLUDING (www.including-cluster.eu), the Piraeus port commercial terminal has hosted a field exercise on the identification and recovery of two orphan sources inside a cargo container. The primary objective of the field exercise was to test the integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) in the response plan coordinated by the CBRN experts of the Hellenic Ministry of Defence and the first operational verification of a platform under development in the project for the management of the mobilized resources on the incident scene. The activity marks a solid step ahead in introducing innovation in the exercise and training activities in the nuclear security domain and in improving sharing of resources at EU level. In this article is described the concept of operation of the INCLUDING platform, its architecture and its use in the different phase of the Piraeus port exercise, that is one of the eight Joint Action planned during the INCLUDING project duration.