International Day against Nuclear Tests

As a nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the United States is committed to providing the fullest possible exchange of peaceful nuclear technology to NPT non-nuclear-weapon States. Participants: Ambassador Mike Waltz, Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Brandon Williams Administrator of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration. Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations. With representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of State, and Sandia National Laboratories. Watch the Golden Age of American Nuclear Energy (NPT Side Event)! Side Events

The success of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-ban Treaty rests on science in the service of diplomacy. Its International Monitoring System (IMS) , already operating with more than 300 stations and laboratories in over 90 countries, uses seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide technologies to detect any nuclear explosion . Data from this network flow to the International Data Centre in Vienna, where they are processed around the clock and made available to all signatory States. This transparency builds confidence. All States rely on the same objective information to assess adherence to the Treaty and to determine whether a nuclear test has taken place. Even countries that have not yet ratified the Treaty host facilities and benefit from the data. That participation reflects the value and credibility that nations place in a system built through global cooperation. Those benefits extend well beyond peace and security: IMS data contribute to tsunami warning systems, support...