Nuclear Cooperation Project

This project ran from September 2015 to mid-2016 and focused on evaluating current baselines on nuclear cooperation agreements, analysing which key nuclear exporters have fall-back safeguards and right of return requirements in their agreements, and the reasons behind the decisions for/against including these requirements. The project also explores the practicalities of implementing such requirements in the event of a change in the conditions under which the materials, equipment and technology were provided. 

Working Group

The Working Group consisted of:

• Isabelle Anstey, PhD. Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College London
• Dr. Peter Carter, INENS Advisor on Peaceful Uses;
• Dr. Sonia Drobysz, Legal Officer, the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), London; INENS Advisor to the Executive Director
• Sylvain Fanielle, PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Meena Singelee, INENS Executive Director

Activities under this project

This project includes:

• A consultative online meeting between the working group and invited experts from governments;
• A one-day consultative workshop in Vienna;
• A Research Brief on Nuclear Cooperation: Baselines on Fall-Back Safeguards and Right of Return

Funders

The project was funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.