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Review of Capabilities for Detection, Verification, and Monitoring of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material

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This study will assess United States’ capabilities for verification, detection and monitoring of nuclear weapons and fissile material and identify opportunities for improvement, reviewing the integration of roles, responsibilities, and planning for such missions within the Federal Government and the current national research enterprise supported by DOE/NNSA. The committee will provide a peer-reviewed assessment containing findings and recommendations, a restricted, peer-reviewed assessment containing findings and recommendations, and a public summary of the restricted report.

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Consensus

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2023

Robust monitoring, detection, and verification capabilities are necessary to provide decision makers with critical information regarding nuclear threats and to support deterrence and nonproliferation by uncovering efforts to clandestinely develop a nuclear capability or enhance an existing capabilit...

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