Resulting from a series of three workshops held between April 2019 to November 2020, the VCDNP compiled a recommendation paper on work that could be done in order to strengthen nuclear safeguards and export controls in managing new challenges posed by advanced nuclear and emerging technologies.
The first workshop in the series took place on 5 April 2019 and assessed which technologies could pose a potential risk or benefit to non-proliferation in the safeguards and export control fields. The workshop focused on two categories of technologies:
The second workshop was held on 15 November 2019 and focused on three main areas based on the discussion that pursued in the first meeting:
The third and final workshop in the series took place virtually on 9 and 10 November 2020 and focused on ways to move the discussion forward and actionable items that could be taken. The workshop was facilitated by two discussion papers on:
Following the series, the VCDNP put together a short recommendation paper highlighting the key takeaways and including five recommendations for next steps. The five recommendations are:
Download the recommendation paper.
The VCDNP would like to thank the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration for its support in making the workshop series possible.
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