In a new Sustainable Solutions brief, VCDNP experts explain key features of SMRs and explore how SRMs could open the door to nuclear power for developing countries.
VCDNP senior staff members Laura Rockwood, Ingrid Kirsten and Federica Dall’Arche took part as speakers in the Universalization Youth Academy on the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT), organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna.
Senior diplomats, officials from international organisations, and non-governmental experts discussed the state of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, the implications of recent events, and prospects for the 2026 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
VCDNP experts participated in the IAEA’s International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes, including one panel discussion and two presentations.
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.
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.
In this Governing the Atom brief, Dr. Sarah Case Lackner, Ingrid Kirsten, and Benedict Höfter provide a succinct overview of the regulatory mechanisms for nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and export controls that facilitate peaceful uses of nuclear technology while protecting people and the environment, and contributing to global security.
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.
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.
The VCDNP organised a panel during the IAEA International Symposium on Food Safety and Control to highlight the support provided by IAEA collaborating centres and the potential of machine-based radiation to improve access to the benefits of radiation for health, food safety and food security in developing countries.
The VCDNP and its partners convened African policymakers and regulators, small modular reactor developers, and international experts, including from philanthropic and financial institutions as well as the IAEA, to discuss challenges and opportunities for the deployment of small modular reactors in Africa.
VCDNP experts participated in ICONS 2024, including speaking in and moderating two technical sessions and holding one side event on high-level engagement on nuclear security.
The VCDNP hosted a hybrid panel discussion on the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and its importance to the expansion of peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
VCDNP Senior Research Associates Anthony Stott and Ingrid Kirsten co-authored a paper on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology in developing countries.
The VCDNP hosted a side event at the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting focused on IAEA coordinated research projects and expanding access to the benefits of ionising radiation.
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