Technical Meeting on Nuclear Forensics: From National Foundations to Global Impact

Session

Oral Session #2 – Capability Development and Sustainability

O-2

Apr 11, 2022, 4:30 PM

Board Room A (Vienna International Center)

Conveners

Oral Session #2 – Capability Development and Sustainability

• Peter Volgyesi (Centre for Energy Research)

60. Building and Maintaining an Enduring Nuclear Forensics Capability – UK Case study

Karen Kennedy (UK Atomic Weapons Establishment)

3.3 Sustaining a National Nuclear Forensics Capability: Challenges and Considerations

Oral

Nuclear forensics is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the “examination of nuclear and other radioactive materials using analytical techniques to determine the origin and history of this material in the context of law enforcement investigations or the assessment of nuclear security vulnerabilities”. It is a complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted activity that...

7. Current Status and Future Prospects on Nuclear Forensics Capability Building and Technology Development by the Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Nuclear Security at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Yoshiki Kimura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

1.4 Case Studies on Nuclear Forensics Capacity Building in Member States

Oral

Any nuclear security event involving nuclear and other radioactive materials outside of regulatory control (MORC) has the potential to have severe consequences for public health, the environment, the economy and society. Each state has a responsibility to develop national nuclear security measures to respond to such an event, and this includes a nuclear forensics capability. In Japan, national...

23. Nuclear Forensics Expert Pipeline Sustainability as a Key Component of Nuclear Security

Steven Stratz (University of Tennessee)

3.2 Human Resource Development in Nuclear Forensics

Oral

The nature of nuclear forensic science as a rarely necessary but crucial component of national security presents many challenges in implementing and sustaining a national nuclear forensics program. One such challenge is recruiting and maintaining scientists with the specific skillsets needed for nuclear forensic analysis, particularly when such analysis is rarely performed or requested by...

46. Role of International Recommendations in Development and Maintenance of Stable Nuclear Forensics Capabilities

Dr Vladimir Stebelkov (Laboratory for Microparticle Analysis)

3.3 Sustaining a National Nuclear Forensics Capability: Challenges and Considerations

Oral

Description

This paper describes the main results of work on the elaboration of certain rules for the development of international guidance documents in the field of nuclear forensics and radiological crime scene management. The recommendations for the fields of application, the consultancy team formation as well as the content of these documents are defined.

International nuclear...

37. Using a National Nuclear Forensics Library to Address Gaps within a Nuclear Security Infrastructure

Jerry Davydov (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

2.4 Benefits and Considerations in Establishing a National Nuclear Forensics Library

Oral

Introduction

Seizures of nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control (MORC) have created widespread concern over the possibility of a non-state actor acquiring sufficient nuclear or other radioactive (R/N) material for malicious use. Anytime MORC is recovered, law enforcement and nuclear security investigators rely on an examination of the forensic characteristics of...