Title:
Emerging technologies and nuclear security of materials, facilities and activities
Agreement Number:
7472430 P016775001
Agreement Value:
$1,471,086.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 7, 2025 - Jul 31, 2028
Description:
This project aims to support Middlebury College by funding the Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation to conduct workshops and seminars and publish expert reports and papers for experts and beneficiaries. It seeks to formulate evidence-based recommendations for regulators to update practices, policies, and regulatory and legal frameworks. Also, these recommendations help to scope the future of emerging technologies for their secure incorporation into the nuclear sector. The project seeks to mitigate exploitable vulnerabilities in emerging technologies and cybersecurity with implications on nuclear materials, facilities and activities.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved ability of beneficiaries and stakeholders to identify and address nuclear security threats from non-State malicious actors; (2) strengthened policy commitments by beneficiaries, such as national regulators and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); and (3) strengthened professional networks of nuclear, academic, governmental and technology industry experts. This is done to implement recommendations to update practices and regulations and legislation to guide a framework for the secure use and management of emerging technologies of nuclear materials, in facilities and of activities.
Reference Number:
064-2025-2026-Q3-0052
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
President and Fellows of Middlebury College
Program:
Weapon Threat Reducti Prog(former GPP)-C
Program Purpose:
The purpose of the Weapon Threat Reduction Program is to reduce the threat posed by the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction and select conventional weapons