In keeping with a directive by Congress, a National Academies panel holds a fact-finding session next week on nuclear threats and weapons of mass destruction terrorism.
The Nuclear Studies and Radiation Board (NRSB) of the National Academies plans a hybrid meeting for information-sharing between 12:45pm – 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday Aug. 15.
The National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal 2021 calls for the National Academies to “address the adequacy of strategies to prevent, counter, and respond to WMD [weapons of mass destruction] terrorism, and identify technical, policy, and resource gaps,” according to a press release from the board.
The panel will study threats from state-sponsored and non-state actors that seek to acquire or misuse technology, materials, and critical expertise needed to carry out nuclear attacks, according to the announcement.
The public unclassified session will include presentations from officials with the Council on Cybersecurity and the Ploughshares Fund among others.
A link to the event, including how to attend via zoom, is available here.
Anyone seeking to attend the meeting in person at the Keck Center in Northwest Washington, D.C., should email Ayanna Lynch at [email protected].
