
Andrew Newman PhD
Senior Director for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
On May 7th NTI Senior
Director Andrew Newman chaired a side event at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting to discuss the practical activities of the
International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV). With the program well into its second
multi-year phase, the IPNDV is taking its work from “paper to practice” through
hands-on exercises and technology demonstrations. These activities include an exercise on verification of non-diversion of
materials around a simulated nuclear warhead
dismantlement called “NuDiVe,” led by Germany and France, and a Belgian-led demonstration assessing technology
methods to detect the presence or absence of nuclear material. Both activities
will include participants from several of the 25+ IPNDV partner countries.
This event was hosted by Germany’s Foreign Office. Other speakers
included:
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