Nuclear Energy: Securing the Future

On October 28, 2015, the Stimson Centre organised a panel discussion on “Nuclear Energy: Securing the Future”.

As the Nuclear Security Summit series draws to a close, the prospects dim for development of binding nuclear security standards to assure future safe, secure industry expansion.With DOE/NNSA’s Anne Harrington as the keynote and some key stakeholders participating, this event explored the role that voluntary consensus standards could play in the nuclear industry, with a focus on cyber security and other areas of overlap between safety and security. To what extent could reputational risk, liability protections, insurance and nuclear project financing be used to marshal scarce resources and motivate voluntary implementation of additional security measures based on standards?

Click here to visit the Stimson Centre’s website and view the recording of the discussions.