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AGA: Arbeitsgruppe Physik und Abrüstung
AGA 2: Disarmament Verification II
AGA 2.2: Invited Talk
Thursday, September 30, 2021, 12:00–12:45, H8
International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification: Current Status and Future Prospects — •Irmgard Niemeyer1, Gerald Kirchner2, and Götz Neuneck3 — 1Forschungszentrum Jülich — 2ZNF Universität Hamburg — 3IFSH Universität Hamburg
The International Partnership for Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) includes technical experts and government representatives from Nuclear Weapon States and Non-Nuclear Weapon States to work jointly on procedures and technologies that would allow for effective verification of nuclear disarmament. In Phase I (2016-2017), IPNDV identified 14 key steps in the nuclear weapons dismantlement lifecycle. In Phase II (2018-2019), IPNDV broadened its work to consider wider aspects of nuclear disarmament verification while at the same time deepen the work on specific elements of verification. In moving from paper to practice, five practical exercises and technology demonstrations were conducted, including the Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NuDiVe) Exercise, co-hosted by Germany and France. Phase III (2020-2025) builds on current working methods and engages in further hands-on activities, including scenario-based discussions, practical exercise, such as NuDiVe 2021, and technology demonstrations. The talk will discuss the Partnerships' achievements so far and give an outlook to the next steps.