Inaugural Program of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Verification Institute
Inaugural Program of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Verification Institute
December 5 - 9, 1999
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Schedule of Events
Sunday, December 5, 1999
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm — Registration
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm— Reception
Monday, December 6, 1999
8:30 am - 12:00 pm— Setting the Stage: Basics of the Nonproliferation Regime, Fissile Material Production and Weaponization
- Overview of the Elements of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute for International Studies - Fissile Material Production Technologies and their Indicators
Houston Wood, University of Virginia, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm— Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm— How Countries Acquire Nuclear Weapons (Panel)
- David Albright, ISIS (chair)
- Robert Kelley, Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Johann Viljoen, Arms Control Compliance Division, Armscor
- Garry Dillon, former Head, IAEA Action Team (commentary)
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm— Break
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm— The IAEA’s Mandate in Iraq
Garry Dillon, former Head, IAEA Action Team
6:30 pm— Reception
7:00 pm— Dinner
Tuesday December 7, 1999
8:30 am - 12:00 pm— International Safeguards (I)
Richard Hooper, Wind River Consulting, Inc., former Director of Planning and Concepts, IAEA Division of Safeguards
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm— Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm— International Safeguards (II)
- Safeguards Basics
Reed Johnson, Professor (Emeritus), Nuclear Engineering, University of Virginia - Integration of “traditional” and “strengthened” international safeguards
Gene Bosler, Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory
4:45 pm — Evening Tour of Monticello
Wednesday December 8, 1999
8:30 am - 12:00 pm — New Verification Arrangements
- Verification of the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
Jonathan Sanborn, Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory - Relevance of Commercial Satellite Imagery to Nuclear Nonproliferation Verification
Corey Hinderstein, ISIS
Carlton Thorne, Proliferation Data Services
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm— Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm— Export Controls
Carlton Thorne, Proliferation Data Services
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm— Tour of Historic University Grounds
6:30 pm— Reception and Banquet at the University Rotunda
Keynote Address: Robert Gallucci, Dean, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Thursday December 9, 1999
8:30 am - 12:00 pm— Nonproliferation Issues into the 21st Century
- 8:30 am - 9:30 am— Latin America: Argentina and Brazil
John Redick, Academic Lecturer, University of Virginia - 9:30 am - 10:30 am— Nonproliferation Lessons Learned in South Africa
Robert Kelley, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:30 am - 10:45 am— Break
- 10:45 am - 12:00 am— North Korea
Mitchell Reiss, Dean of International Affairs, Reves Center for International Studies, College of William and Mary
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm— Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm— Nonproliferation Issues into the 21st Century (continued)
- 1:00 pm -2:15 pm— Legal and Criminal Aspects of German Export Controls: Viewpoints of a Defense Lawyer
Michael Rietz, Rechtsanwalt
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm— Break
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm — South African Denuclearization and its Creation of New Domestic Nonproliferation Laws and Institutions
Johann Viljoen, Arms Control Compliance Division, Armscor
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm— Panel of Faculity: Open Questions and Discussion from the Audience
4:15 pm— Adjournment
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