ESARDA 2025: 2025 ESARDA Safeguards Symposium - 47th ESARDA Annual Meeting Handelsbeurs Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium, May 12-16, 2025

Don’t miss the opportunity to join the 2025 ESARDA Safeguards symposium!

Submit an abstract for the 47th ESARDA Annual Meeting in order to contribute to this important event during which experts, students and decision makers involved in non-proliferation and safeguards matters all over Europe and the world will meet. Please submit your abstract by the 10th of January 2025 to be considered to be part of the next ESARDA Symposium. The recent increased interest in nuclear power production and the many new advanced and small modular reactor with innovative fuel concepts being proposed will require new safeguards approaches, creating new opportunities but also new challenges to safeguards and non-proliferation. Additionally, safeguards and non-proliferation challenges associated with the Long-Term Operation of existing nuclear power plant fleets, the interim storage of used nuclear fuel and the final disposal of waste require due attention from all parties involved in nuclear safeguards, including the facility operators, the national and regional authorities, the inspectorates, and the research community, to develop innovative solutions to increase safeguards effectiveness and efficiency. To discuss these topics and much more, the European and inter- national safeguards community will meet in Antwerp, Belgium, from 12th till 16th of May, 2025 to exchange ideas on and discuss the latest research results on concepts, tools and technologies for safeguards, to report on in-field testing of new equipment and approaches, to share best practices on safeguards implementation and inspections, to analyze current safeguards analysis techniques, approaches and methodologies and to present on strategic trade control. The use of the latest digital technologies and the capacity building strategies through training and education will also be the subject of intense and thorough exchanges.

This year, papers will be collected under the following topics:

• Safeguards Methodologies and Innovation: This topic encompasses the improvement of safeguards measurements, activities, tools, and techniques, as well as the enhancement of safeguards and non-proliferation methodologies and approaches.
• Safeguards Implementation and Challenges: This topic focuses on aspects of safeguards, including plant and facility-specific safeguards techniques, inspections, operations, and challenges.
• International Cooperation and Knowledge Sharing: This topic covers international developments, activities, and initiatives, as well as synergies and interactions with other/related disciplines.
• Human Capital and Future Directions: This topic includes human resource development, knowledge management, and potential topics for dedicated panel sessions.