The Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group (ITWG) is an informal association of nuclear forensic practitioners, created in 1996 following a G-8 Summit in Ottawa, Canada and a subsequent International Conference on Nuclear Smuggling Forensic Analysis held in the United States in 1995. Today, with the participation of international experts representing more than 40 countries, the ITWG has become the clearing house for developing and promoting nuclear forensic �best practices� worldwide. Much of these �best practices� are developed through the execution of international exercises requiring the analysis of special nuclear materials under realistic seizure scenarios. Past exercises have involved the nuclear forensic analysis of plutonium oxide, and high-enriched uranium oxides and metals, at times incorporating �traditional� forensic evidence (e.g., fingerprints, tool markings, fibers) comingled with radiological materials. A summary of past exercises will be provided along with a discussion on the successes and challenges of these exercises over the 17-year history of the ITWG.

Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group (ITWG): A global network of nuclear forensic practitioners combatting nuclear nonproliferation and terrorism

246th National Meeting (2013)

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