“From 23^rd to 24^th of May 2024 in Dresden (Germany) at Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI it has been held the Final Conference of the INCLUDING project. The event has seen the participation of more than 30 people, with a very dense agenda. 

Very vibrant has been the discussion on the sustainability of the Federation, the importance of Joint Actions & Trainings, European Initiatives, Suggestions for Future, and Technologies exploitation”.

From 8 to 9th of February 2024 in Porto and Vila Real (Portugal) took place the 7th and last Joint Action of the INCLUDING Project. During the first day it was presented the Virtual Reality Platform for training of practitioners in RN scenarios with a hand-on demonstration, followed on the next day by a workshop on the lessons learnt and criticalities.

The ENEA Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security and the Emergency and Trauma Emergency Unit of UCSC have organized from 23rd to 25th May 2023 the TEST RED EXERCISE as 6th Joint Action of the INCLUDING project.

TEST RED is the acronym for “TEchnologies in SupporT to a Radiological mEDical emergency” and it is self-explicative about the main scope of the exercise that was established to be the deployment and use of a plurality of innovative technologies to improve the response capabilities of First Responders and First Receivers in case of a radiological and medical emergency and on local scale. As will be reported in this document, the exercise has had also a specific sub-theme of interest and that is the emerging issue of CUAS (Counter Unmanned Aerial System) and with particular attention to protection of Critical Infrastructures (CIs). The main objective and the sub-theme were merged to elaborate an up-to-date scenario where the radiological/medical emergency is originated by a kinetic attack with a UAS, bringing on board a mix of explosive and radioactive material, to the entrance gate of a nuclear centre. The explosion and the consequent spread of radioactive material and debris cause several traumatized/contaminated individuals as well as contamination of the surrounding environment.

From 14 to 16 September 2022 the ENEA Research Centre of Bologna organized the 5th INCLUDING Joint Action (JA).

The Laboratory for the Safety of Nuclear Installations of the ENEA Bologna Research Centre organized from 14^th to 16^th September 2022 the fifth Joint Action of the INCLUDING project. It was a Table-Top Exercise (TTX) dealing with the simulation of the command chain activation in case of a postulated terroristic radiological attack in downtown Bologna. It was named RARE RADIUS Exercise, where the acronym stands for “RApid REsponse to Radiological Attacks in Densely Inhabited Urban Sectors”.

A Table Top Exercise devoted to a Radiological emergency in a urban areas.

3^rd INCLUDING Annual Workshop and 4^tH Joint Action in Budapest - 13^th – 15^th June | 2022.

The Centre of Energy Research (CER) in Budapest organized and hosted from 14^th  to 16^th June 2022 the 3^rd Annual Workshop and  the 4^th Joint Action of the INCLUDING project. The two events was devoted to a specific aspect in Nuclear Security and specifically the Radiological Crime Scene Management (RCSM). The choice of the subject is motivated by the fact that the Department of Nuclear Security of CER has a proven track record in research and innovation in RCSM and steadily organizes training and exercises activities for LEAs and others First Responders.

We are excited to have our own presentation during the CBRNE Research and Innovation 5th International Conference in Lille on May 6th! Our Partner from CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives of France) Mr Karim Boudergui will present the innovations in radiological and nuclear response based on the in-field exercises conducted by the INCLUDING project.

We invite all conference participants to join the presentation on 6th May at 11:20!

programme: https://cbrneconference.fr/index.php?pagendx=282

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