The African continent faces a plethora of non-conventional and international security threats and risks. They include CBRNe IDFocus on the partnership between AFRICSIS and NRPA terrorism, cyber-attacks, climate change, and…
From July 18-22, NSSPI Director Dr. Sunil Chirayath traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee to take part in a nuclear safeguards curriculum development workshop for university professors from Nigeria and Ghana at…
A faculty member and three students recently led a writing workshop for African nuclear engineers, scientists, and policy makers. Russ Hirst, an associate professor of English, and three students traveled…
The idea behind the Nuclear Security Summits was to prevent terrorist groups such as the Islamic State from gaining access to nuclear weapons, fissile materials, and nuclear facilities. But nuclear…
On April 18-22, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) conducted their first joint capacity-building workshop on nuclear security in Africa. The…
In his oft-cited Prague speech of 2009, Barack Obama announced "a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years." The effort's highest-profile element…
The IAEA will continue to support Nigeria in the introduction of nuclear power, Director General Yukiya Amano told Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari this week. The country plans to have its…
PARIS — A suspect linked to the Nov. 13 Paris attackers was found with surveillance footage of a high-ranking Belgian nuclear official, the Belgian authorities acknowledged on Thursday, raising fears…
Research reactors contribute enormously to our knowledge, prosperity, and well-being. They train scientists and engineers, advance basic science, test and qualify power reactor fuels, test and create advanced materials, and…
This report summarises the outcome of a Professional Development Course on Introduction to Nuclear Security and Safeguards held by AFRICSIS and CNES at Charleston Hotel Tesano in Accra on 3-7 August and 7-11 December 2015. The…