SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY IN THE FACE OF NONPROLIFERATION,

Change is everywhere: society, domestic and international business, the United States Government. As the world beeomes smaller and more interconnected, the task of protecting the United States’ most sensitive assets will become more complex. International obligations resulting from treaties and agreements will increasingly impact the Department of Energy (DOE), to include the dismantlement of nuclear weapons, and the safe, secure storage and disposition of special nuclear material that is a product of dismantlement. Two of the most urgent topics facing DOE are the prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the future disposition of special nuclear material. This paper will discuss how the DOE safeguards and security community is responding to the increasing challenges imposed by these two issues.