Task Force Report: Assessment of Nuclear Monitoring and Verification Technologies

Abstract

The Defense Science Board Task Force on Assessment of Nuclear Treaty Monitoring and Verification Technologies was established to examine a broad range of questions concerning the capability of the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Intelligence Community (IC) to support future monitoring and verification of nuclear nonproliferation and arms control treaties. The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the study, found in Appendix B, state the tasking. Given the breadth of the topics of interest to our sponsoring leadership and the time and resources available, the Task Force determined to focus on those aspects of the TOR that address what it views as the priority issue namely, monitoring for proliferation. Assessments of strategies for monitoring nuclear activities in both permissive and non permissive environments, and of our current technical capabilities and future requirements for successfully implementing those strategies, were made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA608149

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Big Data
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.