Posts with Tag: Safeguards

Safety, Security, and Safeguards (3S) by Design for Small Modular Reactors

5 March 2025 • 
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to a seminar on safety, security, and safeguards (3S) by design for small modular reactors (SMRs) to take place on 27 March 2025 from 12:30 to 14:00 (CET). The seminar will build on and discuss the outcomes of the 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Conference on Small […]
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IAEA Safeguards in Action: Implementation and the Life of a Nuclear Inspector

26 February 2025 • 
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.
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Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Non-Proliferation: Technical Considerations for an Article 14 Arrangement

19 February 2025 • 
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.
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Security Risks Emanating from Nuclear Weapons: A TPNW Perspective

8 January 2025 • 
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a webinar presenting the report on “Articulating the Security Concerns of TPNW States Parties," which will be held on Monday, 31 March 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST) via Zoom. The report is a product of the intersessional consultative process established by States Parties […]
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The IAEA and Irreversibility: Addressing Political, Institutional, and Technological Verification Challenges in Former Nuclear-Armed States

Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew has published an article in the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament with co-authors Dr. Leonardo Bandarra and Dr. Malte Göttsche.
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Harnessing Peaceful Uses: Frameworks for Safety, Security, and Non-Proliferation

16 December 2024 • 
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.
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A Four-Dimensional Picture of Nuclear Safeguards and Safeguards Culture

26 November 2024 • 
A new paper by Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson and co-author Valeri Bytchkov expands on previous work on safeguards culture.
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The Non-Proliferation Considerations of Nuclear-Powered Submarines

31 October 2024 • 
In a piece published by the European Leadership Network, former VCDNP Research Intern Alexander Hoppenbrouwers explains diversion risks in nuclear-powered submarine programmes and how the IAEA can respond to them.
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VCDNP Delegation at the 2024 IAEA International SMR Conference

28 October 2024 • 
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.
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VCDNP Delegation at the 2024 IAEA General Conference

24 September 2024 • 
VCDNP experts actively participated in the 2024 General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including speaking at two side events.
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HALEU: Potential Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Implications

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.
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IAEA Safeguards in Iran: History and the Road Ahead

15 July 2024 • 
VCDNP’s Laura Rockwood and John Carlson spoke about the history and future of nuclear safeguards in the context of Iran’s nuclear programme during a webinar organised by the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM).
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Nuclear Safeguards and Irreversibility in the Reduction and Elimination of Military Nuclear Stockpiles: Three Key Questions

7 May 2024 • 
Jointly with VeSPoTec, we held a workshop focused on the potential role of the IAEA in verifying the irreversible reduction and elimination of military nuclear stockpiles.
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Conceptualisation in the IAEA Safeguards System and the Formation of Safeguards Culture

A new paper by VCDNP Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson and co-author Valeri Bytchkov examines the conceptualisation of IAEA safeguards culture.
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Navigating the IAEA Budget Process

A new VCDNP “Governing the Atom” brief focuses on the IAEA’s budget, the budget negotiation process, and challenges to the IAEA’s resources.
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