Finding
Despite volatile risk environments and growing interest in nuclear energy, support for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) role in nuclear security is inconsistent.
Data Highlights
- 8 of the 22 countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials and 20 of the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities did not send ministerial-level delegations to the International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) 2020. (See Figure 9a.)
- 10 of the 22 countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials and 14 of the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities have contributed to the IAEA’s Nuclear Security Fund in the past 2 years. (See Figure 9b.)
- Just 39 of the 153 countries and areas without weapons-usable nuclear materials sent ministers to ICONS 2020.
- Although 18 of the 22 countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials and 39 of the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities participate in the Nuclear Security Guidance Committee, just 42 of the 153 countries and areas without weapons-usable nuclear materials do so.
