Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The Nuclear Security Summits are periodically held under the aegis of the United Nations.
2. The International Panel on Fissile Materials is an organ of International Atomic Energy Agency.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: d) Neither 1 nor 2

Nuclear Security Summit (NSS):
  • Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is an initiative that was announced by the United States in 2009.
  • It is a global submit to check nuclear terrorism all over the world.
  • The United States’ president Barack Obama has coined this concept of Nuclear Security Summit.
  • The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in 2010 at Washington DC.
  • Aim of Nuclear Security Summit:
    • To secure fissile materials from being misused.
    • Minimization of the use of highly Enriched Uranium (HEU.)
    • Proposal and implementation of improved and transparent national regulations to aid security at nuclear facilities.
    • Improvement in the membership of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
    • Reduce and final end illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials.
International Panel on Fissile Materials
  • It was established in January 2006. 
  • It is a group of independent nuclear experts from 17 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  • It aims to advance international initiatives to “secure and to sharply reduce all stocks of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium, the key materials in nuclear weapons, and to limit any further production”.
  • The International Panel on Fissile Materials is a non-governmental organisation comprised of experts in arms control and non-proliferation.
  • It includes experts from both nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states. 
  • The Panel produces an annual Global Fissile Material Report which summarizes new information on fissile material stocks and production worldwide, as well as periodic research reports.