Report on the INMM Workshop on Preparing for Nuclear Arms Reductions to Address Technical Transparency and Verification Challenge

In?May?2011, an?INMM?workshop?was held?to?develop?broader?awareness?of?the? technical?and?operational?challenges?that?could?be?used?to?enhance?effective? transparency?and/or?verification?in?the?medium?to?long-term.??Building?confidence? in?a?broader?multi-lateral?engagement?scenario?adds?even?greater?challenges?than? the?traditional?bi-lateral?approaches.? The?multi-disciplinary?group?that?attended? included?decision-makers?needing?to?understand?present?and?possible?future? technical?capabilities,?and?the?technical?community?needing?clearer?definition?of? possible?requirements?and?operational?constraints.? The?group?conducted?an? exercise?to?stimulate?new?perspectives?on?verification?requirements?for?a?scenario? based?on?nuclear?arms?reductions?at?very?low?numbers?of?nuclear?weapons.??This? presentation?will?summarize?the?outcome?of?the?workshop?and?anticipated?follow- on?effort