International Workshop on Technical Approaches to Supporting Users of Proliferation Assessment Tools: Focus on Regulators

This is the first workshop in a series and will focus on government officials and regulators that use proliferation assessments and methodologies. The goal of the workshop is to develop a research agenda that is responsive to the specific needs of this user group. The workshop will provide a venue for assessment and methodology developers to interact with government officials and users. Developers will discuss the status of the field and current research and users will discuss current and anticipated needs to which assessment and methodology approaches could contribute. From this, a consensus research agenda will be developed.

U.S.-Russian Workshop: The Next Generation of Advances in Safeguards and Verification Technologies

This workshop involves commissioned papers by both U.S. and Russian scientists exploring “transformational approaches” that may provide technological means for enabling breakthroughs in multilateral approaches to safeguarding the fuel cycle in problematic emerging nuclear states (e.g., Iran). These papers would provide the intellectual and analytical basis for structured panel discussions over 2 days.

Expanding Nuclear Power to New States: Defining Needs and Exploring Paths to Success

This Invited Technical Meeting (ITM) is aimed at matching the needs of the nuclear community, reflecting how buyers and sellers can best realize the promise of nuclear energy under the principles of responsible stewardship. It will bring together government and utility experts from States seeking to acquire or expand nuclear power capabilities with panels of experts from governments, the nuclear industry, and organizations including the IAEA. The ITM will aim to find common consensus on shaping the future nuclear enterprise.

GNEP-GNI: The Interface between Two Global Energy and Security Solutions

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for education and open discussion on both the GNEP and GNI concepts as well as seek answers to the following questions: 1) What is the relationship/interface between the GNEP and GNI programs? 2) Can GNI and GNEP be envisioned as a single global initiative? and 3) Are there technology development needs in order to implement a GNEP/GNI joint initiative?

Development and Application of Proliferation Resistance Methodologies

The goals of this workshop are 1) to review the input evaluation worksheet, 2) to discuss draft case studies and consider development of scenarios, 3) to discuss supplementary attributes and management of subjectivity in context of case studies, 4) to consider applications and users, 5) to discuss approaches to testing inputs and attributes using methodologies, and 6) to discuss ESARDA paper

The Role of a University in Nuclear Security

The workshop will examine the ways in which a university's traditional missions of research, education, and service should or should not be applied to address the nuclear security challenges the world now faces. We wish to explore all the assets of the university available to respond to this new challenge, including those in science and engineering research, as well as in policy studies. We are seeking the widest possible expression of views and plan to produce a formal report on the findings of the workshop. Participation will be limited to invitation only and will include approximately 40 invitees from national laboratories, universities, NGOs, government, industry, foundations, and congressional staff.