Nuclear Verification | National Nuclear Security Administration

PPRA seal at Hanford N Reactor

Challenge:  The United States must maintain its ability to monitor and verify nuclear reduction agreements and detect violations of treaties and other nuclear nonproliferation commitments.

Response:  Develop and deploy measures to ensure verifiable compliance with treaties and other international agreements through programs that:

• Implement current and develop future arms reduction and nonproliferation transparency treaties and agreements
• Develop technologies to support U.S. monitoring capabilities for nonproliferation and arms control treaties and agreements and to detect potential clandestine weapons programs or diversion of nuclear material
• Implement current nuclear material elimination agreements and regimes