NTI | bio Expert Calls on U.S. House Leaders to Prioritize Biosecurity
NTI | bio Senior Fellow Jaime Yassif, Ph.D., called on government leaders to take urgent steps to prevent future catastrophic biological events during a Dec. 8, 2021 hearing.
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Al-Kibar (Nuclear)
Alleged to have been a gas-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactor under construction, capable of producing enough plutonium for one or two weapons per year.
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National Standards and Calibration Laboratory
Posed a risk of diverting exported and re-exported items into programs related to weapons of mass destruction.
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Deposit No. 1184
Syrian Mining Facility
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Deposit No. 1188
Syria’s largest phosphate mine with rock that contains approximately 60 to 140 parts per million of uranium.
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Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Syria
Syria acknowledged carrying out experiments with domestically separated uranium after the IAEA found processed natural uranium particles at the SRR-1 Miniature Neutron Source Reactor.
IPNDV Meets to Discuss Priorities and Set Goals for 2022
The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) brought together more than 50 representatives from 11 partner countries for a virtual IPNDV 2021 End-of-Year event marking the mid-point of the partnership’s third phase of work.
Testimony of Jaime M. Yassif at U.S. House Hearing on “Biosecurity for the Future: Strengthening Deterrence and Detection”
Testimony of Jaime M. Yassif, Ph.D. before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation. Hearing on “Biosecurity for the Future: Strengthening Deterrence and Detection.” Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
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2021 Global Health Security Index Finds All Countries Remain Dangerously Unprepared for Future Epidemic and Pandemic Threats
Report calls on national and global leaders to sustain and expand upon preparedness capacities developed to fight COVID-19