Project
Safeguarding the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
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.
About the Project
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.
Project Team
Research & Writing
Commentary
As the threat of radiological catastrophe in Zaporizhzhya persists, more must be done to ensure nuclear safety and stability in Ukraine.
February 22, 2023
Project Note
Ploughshares podcast on what happens when a nuclear power plant is in a war zone.
September 9, 2022
Commentary
Nuclear risks have multiplied in recent years, renewing anxieties about the grim possibility of nuclear conflict.
September 9, 2022
Policy Memo
Does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine present a nuclear proliferation concern?
March 23, 2022
Explainer
Examination of factors to determine technical, operational, and social competence for geological disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste
November 22, 2021
Interactive
This interactive feature explores the many places we store spent nuclear fuel on a trip from high in space to deep below ground.
September 24, 2021
Field Note
Stimson experts share their field notes from a virtual visit to the site of France’s future high-level radioactive waste repository
April 20, 2021
Working Paper
A new generation of nuclear power reactors presents challenges for spent fuel management and back-end nuclear safeguards
February 10, 2021
Explainer
An examination of spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal around the world
June 17, 2020
Resource
Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United Kingdom
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Switzerland
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sweden
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Spain
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Korea
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Africa
June 2, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Slovakia
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Russia
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Japan
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in India
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Hungary
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Germany
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in France
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Czech Republic
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in China
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Canada
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Brazil
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Belgium
June 1, 2020
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Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Argentina
June 1, 2020
Policy Paper
Technology advancement in drilling industrial oil and gas wells might have potential application for future geological repositories of spent nuclear fuel
May 28, 2020
Commentary
The IAEA is actively ensuring safeguards inspections continue while also providing diagnostics kits, training and equipment to countries requesting assistance.
April 27, 2020
Working Paper
Considering the implications for multinational geological repositories and the necessity for a collaborative approach
February 4, 2020
Field Note
A national plan for radioactive waste management should consider all levels of radioactive waste, from low and intermediate level waste (LILW) to high level waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel. Stimson experts Cindy Vestergaard and Trinh Le continue their exploration underground at the repository for LILW in the Republic of Korea – Wolsung LILW Disposal Center (WLDC).
August 7, 2019
Field Note
April 18, 2019
Commentary
March 11, 2019
Field Note
As the global nuclear fuel cycle becomes increasingly a back-end fuel cycle, an entirely new nuclear facility is being developed to handle the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel.
January 3, 2019
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