Safeguarding the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Examining the Resiliency of Nuclear Safeguards

Examining the resiliency of the verification system that underpins the nuclear non-proliferation regime, specifically how emerging facilities, coupled with emerging technologies, challenge and/or enhance the management of safeguards.

In Nonproliferation Research

The global nuclear nonproliferation regime is underpinned by a system of safeguards – a system that must keep pace with new approaches to technology. A wide range of stakeholders, from industry and government regulators to the general public, have an interest in protecting and improving the way we safeguard the nuclear fuel cycle. That is why we test technology for its potential to strengthen safeguards, visit facilities to better understand technology and how safeguards information is managed, examine new technologies’ impact on legal obligations, and consider changes to existing safeguards measures. The project is particularly focused on how advances in technology impact the resiliency of the non-proliferation regime.

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As the threat of radiological catastrophe in Zaporizhzhya persists, more must be done to ensure nuclear safety and stability in Ukraine
Cindy Vestergaard
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Examination of factors to determine technical, operational, and social competence for geological disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste
Cindy Vestergaard • Rowen Price • Trinh Le
Working Paper
A new generation of nuclear power reactors presents challenges for spent fuel management and back-end nuclear safeguards
Rowen Price

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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United Kingdom
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Switzerland
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sweden
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Spain
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Korea
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Africa
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Slovakia
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Russia

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