Nuclear Security for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa: Summary of Logistics and Results

“The largest nuclear security operation ever undertaken” – Vince McLelland, NNSA, US DOE, South Africa, 2010. The concept of operation was to establish source detection capabilities, radionuclide identification, effective communication infrastructure and technical decision protocols to support radio logical, emergency and medical response functionaries through three lines of defence at each monitoring point; all in limited time with limited resources. The logistics of the nuclear security arrangements for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will b e presented, with details on: - Training courses presented, - Exercises conducted, - Instrumentation and equipment employed, - Personnel involved, - Deployment and adjudication protocols. Results of the preparatory work and actual venue surveillances will be presented: - Background mapping of large areas with specialised radiation instrumentation which revealed some interesting facts, - Problems with instrumentation encountered, - Anomalies and incidents recorded - Instrumentation experience that can be used for nucle ar forensics aspects, - Experience that can be used in nuclear security of future large public events. During the event 26 medical, 43 NORM, 4 industrial and 15 false hits were recorded, adjudicated and acted upon. This presentation will include details on these hits (nuclides, radiation levels, etc). Keywords: nuclea r security, public event, FIFA