In preparation for the upcoming GNI report, the Global Nexus Initiative restarted its workshop series on November 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C., to explore the and discuss the key challenges for safeguards and security with advanced reactors. The initial safeguards assessment was based on the analysis, Identifying Preliminary Criteria for Safeguarding Advanced Nuclear Reactors, presented at the 2018 Symposium on International Safeguards: Building Future Safeguards Capabilities.

The Preliminary Advanced Reactors Assessment and Findings Workshop was organized into multiple sessions and the following presentations were made.

GNI Advanced Reactors Safeguards Analysis & Findings
Kenneth N. Luongo | Partnership for Global Security
Anita Nilsson | AN & Associates
Everett Redmond | Nuclear Energy Institute
Caroline Jorant | SDRI Consulting
Ashley Finan | Nuclear Innovation Alliance

GNI Advanced Reactors Security Analysis & Findings
Kenneth N. Luongo | Partnership for Global Security
Anita Nilsson | AN & Associates
Everett Redmond | Nuclear Energy Institute
Caroline Jorant | SDRI Consulting

GNI Geopolitics & Global Competition
Kenneth N. Luongo | Partnership for Global Security

GNI: Next Steps
Kenneth N. Luongo | Partnership for Global Security

Communication Strategy & Planning
Richard Mahony | Mahony Partners, Risk Communications

Check back regularly for more updates on the presentations given at the workshop and the preliminary findings on the upcoming GNI 2019 report!

Within the upcoming year, GNI will continue its focus on the intersection of nuclear power, climate change, and global security, and build on the work that was done during the first report.