Nuclear Security Contact Group

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the transfer of around 700kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Dounreay, in the north of Scotland, to the US.

Joint commitment to nonproliferation since 1996 has sparked deeper relationship with Institute for Nuclear Physics and enhances nuclear security

High-enriched uranium has been flown from Ghana back to China in the removal of all such material from the country. The Ghanaian research reactor has been converted to use low-enriched fuel instead.

Through this new collaborative model, major hospitals and research institutions have agreed to remove certain radiological devices, replacing them with alternative technologies that do not pose a terror risk. Federal government is replicating this effort nationwide to reduce the threat of terror in other cities

As one of its main activities, Nuclear Security Department (NSD) takes part in combating illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and against nuclear terrorism. Our activities for developing analytical methods and making forensic investigations, including determination of the origin of nuclear materials look back more than 20 years in our institute. Currently the lately updated Governmental Decree 490/2015 (XII.30) (previously 17/1996) delegates MTA EK the duties of supporting authorities in identifying and characterising seized, found nuclear materials of unknown origin.

IAEA Nuclear Forensics Technical Meeting: Beyond the Science was attended by more than 150 participants from 80 countries.

Belgium and the United States co-host 2019 International Symposium on Insider Threat Mitigation, 12-14 March 2019, Brussels, Belgium. About 200 participants from more than 50 countries attended the Symposium.