6th Joint INMM/ESARDA Workshop

Meeting Safeguards Challenges in an Expanding Nuclear World

Oct. 6-9, 2008
International House of Japan
Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

Advanced registration is now closed. You may register at the Workshop. For further information please contact INMM Headquarters at inmm@inmm.org.

Organized by the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) International Safeguards Division and Japan and Korea INMM Chapters, and the European Safeguards R&D Association (ESARDA)

The workshop will address in depth the current issues in international safeguards and the nonproliferation regime, under the main themes:

Safeguards Implementation and State Evaluation
Technical Progress: The Safeguards Toolbox
Safeguards and Nonproliferation Policy and Institutional Issues
Academic and Applied Safeguards and Nonproliferation Programs in Asia, Europe and the United States

Download the preliminary workshop program.

The workshop will have opening and closing plenary sessions and two days of parallel Working Group sessions. Four Working Groups, each led by co-chairs, will address the Workshop themes. Experts will introduce the particular topics in each Working Group with time allotted for full discussion. The Working Group Chairs will present the Working Group results at the Closing Plenary session.

For more information, contact:

Jim Larrimore , Workshop Co-Chair, Chair, INMM International Safeguards Division
JamesLarrimore@san.rr.com
Phone: (+1) 858-509-9604; Fax: (+1) 858-509-2890

Gotthard Stein , Workshop Co-Chair, Vice-Chair, INMM International Safeguards Division
g.stein@fz-juelich.de
Phone: (+49) 228-676988; Fax: (+49) 2461-61-2496

The previous joint workshops were held in 1996 in Arona, Italy, hosted by ESARDA; in 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, hosted by INMM; in 2000 in Tokyo, hosted by the Japan INMM Chapter and the INMM International Safeguards Technical Division; in 2003 in Como, Italy, hosted by ESARDA and the European Commission Ispra Joint Research Centre; and in 2005 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, hosted by INMM.

The first three workshops addressed the topic Science and Modern Technology for Safeguards. The 2003 Workshop addressed the topic Safeguards Perspectives for a Future Nuclear Environment. The 2005 Workshop addressed the topic Changing the Safeguards Culture: Broader Perspectives and Challenges.

These workshops afford attendees the opportunity to informally and actively participate in the discussions and to interface with experts, program managers and policy makers.

Workshop Schedule

Monday, October 6
Morning	Registration, Workshop Opening and Plenary Session
Afternoon	Parallel Working Group Sessions
Tuesday, October 7
Morning	Parallel Working Group Sessions
Afternoon	Parallel Working Group Sessions
Evening	Reception
Wednesday, October 8
Morning	Parallel Working Group Sessions
Afternoon	Preparation of Working Group Reports
Thursday, October 9
Morning	Final Plenary Session, Closing of Workshop