THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Policy and Global Affairs
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
Committee on the Review of Capabilities for Detection, Verification, and Monitoring
of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material
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Congressional Briefing
Friday, April 9, 2021 – 12:00 p.m.
via Webex
on
Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection, and Verification
A National Security Priority: Interim Report
Requested by Congress in P.L. 116-92, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, this new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents findings and recommendations related to governance of the U.S. government's monitoring, detection, and verification (MDV) enterprise concerning nuclear test explosions, nuclear weapon stockpiles, and the production of fissile material. It offers findings and recommendations related to technical MDV capabilities and research, development, test, and evaluation efforts, focused in particular on the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear test explosions, and arms control.
This is an interim report. In the final report, the committee will address additional current and needed MDV capabilities and assess the R&D priorities of the MDV enterprise
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on April 19, 2021 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.