Lovely Umayam
Nonresident Fellow
Legacy Program: Blockchain in Practice
Safeguards Program Attends SLAFKA project kick-off
From September 10 – 12, the Stimson Center and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) visited Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) in Helsinki for our kick-off meeting to the “SLAFKA” project.
Better Than a Floppy: The Potential of Distributed Ledger Technology for Nuclear Safeguards Information Management
This policy analysis brief provides an overview of DLT and explores its utility for safeguards information management. It considers the landscape of factors determining how safeguards data is inputted, processed, and accessed. The findings and recommendations suggest where adding a DLT layer could be applied to provide greater efficiency, data reconciliation, accuracy, and trust in information management at the international, national, and facility levels.
Blockchain in Practice
Distributed ledger technology (DLT), such as Blockchain, is being characterized as revolutionary in its potential to alter the world economy. Stimson is identifying applications and implications of DLT for non-proliferation and international security at the international, national, and operational (industry) level. Exploratory research is considering how the technology enhances or weakens the security of nuclear material, technologies, and facilities. Specifically, Stimson is focusing on the following four …
