Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
“The data point to a historic lapse in nuclear security leadership in these countries at a moment when nuclear dangers are rising,” NTI President and CEO Christine E. Wormuth said.
NTI hosted Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, White House Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, and four other government leaders for a public event about this critical step for strengthening global security.
The Global Incidents and Trafficking Database documents incidents in 23 countries where nuclear materials were found outside of regulatory control.
CNS experts Ference Dalnoki-Veress and Miles Pomper use an interactive story map with the article to illustrate several global incidents involving cesium-137.
A newly updated edition of the CNS Global Incidents and Trafficking Database finds 143 incidents involving nuclear and other radioactive materials in 19 countries during 2016.
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