NTI Recognizes Models for Global Radiological Security at IAEA Radiological Security Conference
Laura Holgate presented awards to four organizations to recognize their models for sustainable radiological security at IAEA Conference.
Find Lost Radioactive Sources Through Social Media, Engage with a 3D Dismantled Bomb, and More from CNS Available on NTI.org
Learn how to track and recover orphan radioactive sources through social media and satellite images. View a 3D model of a dismantled nuclear bomb in your own home! Peek inside a nuclear reactor and learn how it can be made proliferation-resistant.
Explore this set of new analysis and interactive content created by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
CNS experts Margarita Kalinina-Pohl and Michael Scott Duitsman, along with and Dr. Ionel Balan from Moldova’s National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities, explain how new tools can be used to track and recover unaccounted for radioactive ("orphan”) sources in Moldova. Published with an interactive case study, this article describes how these new tools – including social media searches, satellite and aerial images, and online surveys – are a force multiplier for traditional inspections and investigations into radioactive sources. Click here to view the article.
CNS Research Associates Jamie Withorne and Anne Pellegrino explain the risks to international security and stability posed by stalled progress on nuclear arms limitations and reduction between the U.S. and Russia. To emphasize that the world must “dismantle bombs, not treaties,” the CNS team offers readers an interactive experience of what it is like to dismantle a bomb with a 3D model of a dismantled U.S. B83 bomb. Using augmented reality technology, the 3D bomb model can super-imposed in day-to-day settings – like someone's living room! Click here to view the article.
The Little Known Success Story of U.S.-China Nuclear Security Cooperation
CNS experts Miles Pomper and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress recount the under-the-radar success story of U.S.-Chinese cooperation to convert Miniature Neutron Source Reactors (MNSRs) in Ghana and Nigeria from using nuclear weapons-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. LEU cannot be used for nuclear bombs, so this conversion makes the research reactors proliferation-resistant and lowers nuclear terrorism risks. The article is complemented by a 3D model of an MNSR for readers who want to peek inside the reactor and learn more about how the conversion works. Click here to view the article.
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New Video Resources Available: Addressing Radiological Risks Associated with Cesium-137 Blood Irradiators
A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory video series addresses the risk of high-activity radioactive material used in hospitals, specifically cesium-137 blood irradiators.
NTI Partners with the State of California on Radiological “Dirty Bomb” Risk Reduction
NTI is working with the State of California to devise strategies to secure and/or replace high-activity radiological sources that could build radioactive "dirty bombs."
