This week NTI is
bringing international government officials, experts, and industry participants
together to discuss nuclear, radiological, and cyber security priorities at the
seventh Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security
Priorities. This project is
an international, cross-sector dialogue among leading government officials,
experts, nuclear security practitioners, and other stakeholders. It was
launched initially to help shape the Nuclear Security Summit process and
strengthen global nuclear materials security. Since the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit
process in early 2016, the Global Dialogue has made recommendations for sustaining high-level
political attention and momentum on nuclear security.
This week’s event commences the third series of the
Global Dialogue meetings, focused on bringing in more participants from
industry to interact with experts and state-level officials for cross-sector
dialogue. The two and half day event will build off of the work done by
previous Global Dialogues on nuclear materials security, but it will also focus
on radiological materials and cyber security. Overall, the aims of the Global
Dialogue are to:
- Build
upon consensus reached through the Global Dialogue process to address remaining
and new challenges to the global nuclear security system;
- Explore
practical proposals for addressing cyber security at nuclear facilities and the
security of radiological materials;
- Provide
updates on progress to strengthen the system since the 2016 Nuclear Security
Summit, including the five Action Plans and Contact Group;
- Further
advance the discussion on options for strengthening the Convention on Physical
Protection (CPP) regime; and
- Continue
to provide a forum for an integrated and creative dialogue among government
officials, experts, nuclear industry and stakeholders.
The following are
a sample of briefing papers being presented at this event:
Learn More about the Global Dialogue Project