Finding
Amid increasingly volatile risk environments, many governments are not demonstrating the capacity to meet today’s nuclear security challenges.
Data Highlights
- Of the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities, 25 countries and Taiwan have lower Risk Environment scores than they did in the 2020 NTI Index. 9 countries had their score decrease by 5 points or more and 3 had their score decrease by 10 points or more. (See Figure 4a.)
- 19 countries with nuclear facilities had their Risk Environment score swing in the other direction; scores increased by 5 points or more in 11 countries and by 10 points or more in 2 countries.
- For the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities, there is a strong correlation (+0.76) between Risk Environment score and overall performance in the 2023 NTI Index. (See Figure 4b.)
- 16 of the 46 countries and Taiwan with nuclear facilities do not require plans for protecting nuclear infrastructure during a natural or human-caused disaster. (See Figure 4c.)
