Mr
Edward Yu
(UNSW Sydney)
11/7/18, 9:00 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
To explore opportunities in nuclear materials accounting on a shared ledger platform, a blockchain based solution to reporting nuclear materials was developed, and compared to a materials reporting portal on a centralised platform. A blockchain is a type of shared ledger technology, which enables an immutable, objective electronic record to be established by and read by parties who do not...
Dr
Christian Berghoff
(Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik)
11/7/18, 9:05 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
In 2017, a study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory explored the potential of blockchain (distributed ledger) technology for safeguards applications. Starting from an analysis of the IAEA's requirements for new technologies, this study concluded so-called consortium systems (we shall use the more common term *private blockchains*) might improve on solutions currently used. This paper...
Dr
Stefan Nonneman
(European Commission - Joint Research Centre)
11/7/18, 9:10 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
Blockchain and more in general distributed ledger technologies are getting a lot of visibility in the financial world these days, being considered as real game-changers. However their recent evolutions (multi-channel ledgers, smart-contracts etc.) are still not well known and understood. They may have a huge potential changing also the way we will deal tomorrow with whatever type of...
Dr
Matthew Moran
(King's College London)
11/7/18, 9:15 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
Blockchains constitute novel combinations of distributed databases, cryptography, and computer interaction protocols. The original Blockchain was developed to support the peer-to-peer digital currency Bitcoin, but the relevance of this technology is now being explored in a diverse range of information intensive industries and activities. This paper will consider how recent advances in...
Mrs
Sarah Frazar
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
11/7/18, 9:25 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
In 2016, the Office of International Nuclear Safeguards at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) within the Department of Energy (DOE) commissioned the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to explore the potential implications of the digital currency bitcoin and its underlying technologies on the safeguards system. The authors found that one category of technologies...
Jihye Jeon
(Sejong University)
11/7/18, 9:30 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
The purpose of this study is to propose ideal applications of novel technology in nuclear safeguards, suggest possible scenarios of the application at the nuclear facilities and evaluate advantages and challenges when using the new concepts.
Numerous nuclear material accounting reports are submitted to IAEA, supplemented by accounting records, supporting documents and source data prepared by...
Ms
Cindy Vestergaard
(Stimson Center)
11/7/18, 9:35 AM
Leveraging technological advancements for safeguards applications (TEC)
Roundtable Member
The network ability of blockchain technology to manage and self-audit large volumes of data in a shared, secure and transparent manner has potentially far-reaching value for the way safeguards information is collected, processed, and analyzed. The Stimson Center, in partnership with the Stanley Foundation, held a series of workshops in 2018 from Vienna to the Silicon Valley to discuss this...
