Nuclear Security: More than Guns, Guards and Gates

Participants of the experts' workshop on
'Progress on Securing Africa's Nuclear Resources'

Amelia Broodryk, Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, ISS Pretoria

The security of nuclear and other radioactive material and associated technologies will again be in the spotlight from 27 - 27 March 2012 at the second Nuclear Security Summit taking place in Seoul, South Korea. The summit is a follow-on meeting to the 2010 Washington Nuclear Security Summit and is one of many nuclear security-related initiatives that have emerged in the last five years focusing specifically on the challenges of securing nuclear materials, as well as the threat of nuclear terrorism.

New Publication: Securing Africa's Nuclear Resources

From 1 - 2 February 2011, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), with support from the British High Commission in South Africa, hosted an experts workshop on ‘Securing Africa’s Nuclear Resources’, bringing together a range of African stakeholders including officials from various South African government departments, African national nuclear regulators, power plants, atomic energy commissions and radiation protection authorities, the Africa Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA), the African Union (AU), and the Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FNRBA).

The findings of this workshop and the nuclear security research undertaken by the WMD Project are included in the comprehensive publication entitled 'Securing Africa's Nuclear Resources'.

Click HERE for the electronic version.