Since January 2007, four Norwegian institutions (the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, the Institute for Energy Technology, the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and NORSAR) have cooperated with counterparts in the United Kingdom on development of methods and procedures to verify that claimed steps towards nuclear disarmament have actually been accomplished. The cooperation has concentrated on research into the verification of nuclear warhead dismantlement. On 13 May 2010, the results of this cooperative effort were presented to the 2010 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in the United Nations in New York.
This initiative is unique in that it is the first time a Nuclear Weapon State (the UK) and a Non-Nuclear Weapon State (Norway) have cooperated in this field of research. More information on this research initiative and the presentation in New York can be found on the web page of the Norwegian UN mission.
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