Many signatures of nuclear proliferation activities, such as material movements or tell-tale emissions, are subtle, fleeting, and rare. Therefore, it is sometimes assumed that detecting these signatures would require measuring everything, everywhere, all the time. With finite resources, however, this is not achievable. Instead, under the Persistent DyNAMICS Venture we are demonstrating a capability to measure the right thing, in the right place, at the right time to identify nuclear proliferation activities. This special session will highlight the work behind the Persistent DyNAMICS system for dynamically persistent monitoring of nuclear processes through intelligently coordinated sensing. Particular focus will be given to our goals: 1) Create an architecture for a dynamically persistent, intelligently coordinated sensor ecosystem to autonomously monitor and detect observable sequences under the constraints of realistic operation, and 2) Establish analytical techniques that couple sequenced observations of diverse physical phenomena with SME knowledge and draw conclusions about nuclear activities. Finally, we will discuss the flexibility and transferability of our approach to other domains in nonproliferation and international safeguards.
Year
2022
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