This event will highlight the key results from a newly published VCDNP expert report on this topic, as well as reflect on discussions from an expert workshop hosted by the VCDNP in January 2025.
The VCDNP gathered nuclear experts to discuss how the integration of safety, security, and safeguards impacts the deployment of small modular and other advanced reactors.
The VCDNP organised a panel discussion, convening experts from the IAEA, academia, and the healthcare sector to discuss challenges and explore innovative solutions for improving access to nuclear medicine and radiation therapy in Africa.
The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), hosted an interactive webinar featuring Eva Gyane, former IAEA safeguards inspector, to explore the IAEA’s safeguards system, careers in nuclear non-proliferation, and the day-to-day work of safeguards inspectors.
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.
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.
This two-page guide provides a concise overview of the transformative potential of nuclear applications for development and climate goals and shows practical pathways for investing in nuclear technology.
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.
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.
Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson explains how the proposed use of high-assay low enriched uranium may impact IAEA safeguards and the non-proliferation regime.
The VCDNP and IPU launched a report entitled “Engaging Parliamentarians on Nuclear Security,” covering lessons learned, main conclusions and recommendations following a jointly organized workshop held in April 2024.
The VCDNP and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) present key findings and recommendations on engaging parliamentarians on nuclear security in a new report, building on a high-level workshop, organised in April 2024.
In the new VCDNP’s Governing the Atom brief, Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew explains the IAEA’s annual General Conference and its structure, as well as how it works and makes decisions.
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