Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability
5 March 2025
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Arms Control, Event Reports, Publications, Reports and Papers
The VCDNP hosted a webinar with VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov, Rose Gottemoeller, Sahil Shah, David Santoro, and Miles Pomper, who presented a new report analysing the next stage in the development of risk reduction tools to prevent nuclear escalation in an increasingly complex world.
Partnering for Progress: Priority Areas for Action Ahead of the 2025 Article XIV Conference
5 March 2025
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Event Reports
The VCDNP and the Permanent Missions of Norway and Panama convened a panel discussion on strengthening support for the CTBT and its entry into force ahead of the 2025 Article XIV Conference, with CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr. Robert Floyd and other expert speakers.
Mitigating the Threat of Attacks on Nuclear Facilities
25 February 2025
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Nuclear Security, Publications, Reports and Papers
VCDNP Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew examines the international frameworks prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities and proposes practical measures to strengthen these prohibitions in a newly published paper.
Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Non-Proliferation: Technical Considerations for an Article 14 Arrangement
19 February 2025
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Event Reports
The VCDNP held a webinar with former Research Intern Alexander Hoppenbrouwers, who examined the technical challenges of applying nuclear safeguards to naval nuclear propulsion under Article 14 of comprehensive safeguards agreements. VCDNP Senior Fellow Laura Rockwood joined the webinar as a commentator.
The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Nuclear Supply Chain
20 January 2025
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Event Reports
The VCDNP held a panel discussion exploring the rapid advancements in new and emerging technologies and their impact on the nuclear supply chain and the security of nuclear facilities.
Securing Our Future: Reducing Nuclear Threats Today and Tomorrow
18 December 2024
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Event Reports
The VCDNP organised a high-level event and panel discussion on contemporary and developing nuclear threats, featuring remarks by the eighth UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President of Austria Dr. Heinz Fischer, in partnership with the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and the City of Vienna.
Powering Hope: A Conversation with Rafael Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer
10 December 2024
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Event Reports
VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova was joined by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project and grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, for a conversation on the past, present, and future of nuclear energy.
Navigating the CTBTO: The Policy-Making Organs, Programmes, and Contribution to Science Diplomacy
12 November 2024
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Briefs and Factsheets, Non-Proliferation, Publications
In this edition of the Governing the Atom brief series, Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew and Research Intern Benedict Höfter describe the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, its policy-making organs, and activities.
VCDNP Delegation at the 2024 IAEA International SMR Conference
28 October 2024
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Event Reports
Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew and Senior Fellow Ingrid Kirsten discussed safeguards by design and stakeholder engagement at the IAEA’s first International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications.
Ionising Radiation: Transforming Crops and Commerce in the 21st Century
16 October 2024
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Briefs and Factsheets, Peaceful Uses, Publications
In the first brief of the new Sustainable Solutions series, senior VCDNP experts Ingrid Kirsten and Anthony Stott outline the benefits of ionising radiation for agriculture and economic development, highlighting key applications, and explain how the IAEA supports access to the benefits of ionising radiation around the world.
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