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

摘要

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 efforts.