Priorities for Technology Development and Policy to Reduce the Risk from Radioactive Materials1

The Standing Committee on International Security of Radioactive and Nuclear Materials in the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division conducted its second workshop in February 2008 on Reducing the Risk from Radioactive and Nuclear Materials. This workshop examined issues and best practices associated with Threats Emanating from Illicit Trafficking, First Priority Actions to Combat Trafficking, Air Transport of Radioactive Materials, Tracking Technologies, Categorization of Materials, and Modeling/Simulation Tools. Technology gaps, policy gaps, and prioritization for addressing the identified gaps were discussed. Participants included academia, policy makers, radioactive materials users, first responders to catastrophic events, physical security and safeguards specialists, and vendors of radioactive sources and transportation services. This paper summarizes the results of this workshop with the recommendations to the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) community.