A new fact sheet authored by VCDNP Senior Research Associate Ingrid Kirsten sheds light on the facts about the use of radioactive sources versus linear accelerators for cancer care and puts cancer control using both methods into context in the case of Zambia.
On 9-10 March 2021, the VCDNP held a virtual workshop to discuss these issues and provide a platform to share national experiences in the implementation of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM).
VCDNP Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson has authored a new study in cooperation with UNIDIR on nuclear verification questions related to a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction.
On 24 November 2020, the VCDNP convened a high-level panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to expanding peaceful uses of nuclear science and technologies.
The VCDNP held its third workshop in cooperation with the NNSA focused on unique challenges and benefits that emerging and advanced technologies pose to nuclear safeguards and export controls.
VCDNP Research Associate Noah Mayhew details the history of safeguards at the State level through the lens of safeguards terminology in this new VCDNP Occasional Paper.
US and Russian experts, including VCDNP Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson, call for mutual cooperation to bolster IAEA non-proliferation efforts in a new joint report, published by NTI and CENESS.
A new case study authored by VCDNP Senior Research Associate Ingrid Kirsten details the contribution nuclear science and technologies make to agricultural development, including the case of Bangladesh's work in plant mutation breeding using nuclear techniques.
How strong is international nuclear security architecture? How can countries strengthen nuclear security? To address these questions, the VCDNP and NTI held a webinar with Ambassador Laura Holgate (ret.), Samantha Neakrase and Jack Brosnan on the results and recommendations from the 2020 NTI Nuclear Security Index and their relevance to Vienna-issues.
Small modular reactors promise affordable, safe, climate-conscious sources of energy for the world, says Nicole Virgili. In her new paper, she examines challenges and opportunities posed by new reactor designs to safeguards and non-proliferation.
In light of recent reports, VCDNP Research Associate Noah Mayhew argues that the international community's focus on Saudi's nuclear energy program should be on IAEA safeguards.
How are the IAEA and Member States responding to the COVID crisis? How are safeguards practices maintained in the face of the pandemic? IAEA DG Grossi, Philippines Ambassador Natividad and UK Ambassador Hall answer these questions in the VCDNP's latest webinar, recording included.
VCDNP Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson, with Vladimir Kuchinov and Thomas Shea, examine the vital role of IAEA safeguards in the NPT in their new paper published by NTI.
VCDNP Research Associate Noah Mayhew and CNS Washington Executive Director Ian Stewart published an article in The Nonproliferation Review on IAEA safeguards.
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