Nuclear Security: A Foundational Element of the Non-Proliferation Regime

  • 1:15-2:30 PM EDT
  • Conference Room 8, United Nations Secretariat Building

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The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Global Affairs Canada, is pleased to present a side event at the 10th Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) focused on explaining how nuclear security is foundational to all three of these pillars of the non-proliferation regime: disarmament, non-proliferation, and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

  • Nuclear weapons states will not make progress towards disarmament if they fear that stolen nuclear weapons or materials could end up in the hands of terrorists or new states.
  • Nuclear non-proliferation is not possible if a state or a terrorist group might be able to acquire a stolen nuclear weapon or materials.
  • The expansion of nuclear power will not be possible unless civilian nuclear facilities and stockpiles are safe and secure.

The event will take place on August 9, 2022 from 1:15-2:30 PM in CR-8.

Those who attend NTI-sponsored events agree to be wholly respectful, professional, and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Learn more at nti.org/conduct

 

Speakers

Rian Bahran

Assistant Director for Nuclear Security, White House Office of Science, Technology, and Policy
Joyce Connery

Chair, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Elin Hellum

Director, Section for Global Security and Disarmament, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kathleen Heppell-Masys

Director-General of the Security and Safeguards Directorate, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Rupal Mehta

Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
William Moon

Non-Resident Fellow, Stimson Center

Agenda

Welcome

1:15-1:20 PM

Scott Roecker, Vice President, Nuclear Materials Security Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative

Opening Remarks

1:20-1:30 PM

• Elin Hellum, Director, Section for Global Security and Disarmament, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Kathleen Heppell-Masys, Director-General of the Security and Safeguards Directorate, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Panel Discussion on Nuclear Security and the Three Pillars of the NPT moderated by Eric Brewer, Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative

1:30-2:15 PM

• Nickolas Roth, Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative
• Rupal Mehta, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• William Moon, Non-Resident Fellow, Stimson Center
• Joyce Connery, Chair, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
• Rian Bahran, Assistant Director for Nuclear Security, White House Office of Science, Technology, and Policy

Audience Q&A

2:15-2:30 PM

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