Policy Solutions

LLNL supports national strategies to develop solutions that address both emerging and long-lasting nonproliferation and nuclear dangers, including international nuclear safeguards, nuclear export controls and nuclear verification.

Safeguard Solutions

LLNL contributes to strengthening the capabilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by verifying that states are fulfilling their international safeguard obligations. In order to enhance the IAEA’s ability to detect clandestine nuclear activities, LLNL also helps foreign partners build capacity to implement and meet these objectives. IAEA safeguards are technical measures used to verify that a country is compliant with its commitment not to use their nuclear programs for weapon purposes.

Export Control Solutions

While some nations and terrorist groups are working to obtain nuclear and radiological materials, equipment and technologies to build weapons of mass destruction, many of the resources needed for their manufacture are dual use in nature and have legitimate civil and military applications. LLNL helps strengthen the global capacity to detect and prevent illicit or inadvertent transfer of proliferation-sensitive nuclear and dual-use materials, equipment and technology to destinations of concern.

Innovative Solutions

Traditional arms control frameworks alone will not achieve U.S. strategic stability and deterrence objectives. In this complex nuclear landscape, new approaches must emphasize risk reduction and focus on transparency and verification in order to reduce uncertainty.

LLNL delivers meaningful solutions by approaching the future of arms control as a complex multi-domain challenge. LLNL focuses on innovation at the leading edge of arms control technology and capability development.