Forty-three graduate students and junior professionals successfully completed an intensive five-day course on international nuclear safeguards policy jointly conducted by CNS and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This is the eighth consecutive year that CNS and LLNL have offered this course, which is sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the US Department of Energy as part of the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative.

The course gives participants practical lessons in applying IAEA safeguards to nuclear facilities to ensure no nuclear material is being diverted from peaceful purposes to use in nuclear weapons. The course provides important information and skills for those who may be considering a career in safeguards.