Establishing international standards for physical protection of nuclear material

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• The author wishes to thank George Bunn of the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University for his assistance throughout the research and preparation of this study, Emily Ewell from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies for her assistance in research, and Ambassador James Goodby from the Brookings Institute, Kevin O'Neill from the Institute for Science and International Security, Mary Alice Hayward from the Department of Energy's Russia/NIS Nuclear Material Security Task Force, Matthew Bunn from the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, Doug Shaw of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, and Bernard Weiss of the IAEA, for useful comments on this study. Interpretations, opinions, or conclusions in this report are those of the author, and do not reflect those of any government agency or department.
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