Closing Remarks (International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Forensics: Countering the Evolving Threat of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control, Vienna (Austria), 7-10 July 2014)

As we have seen this week, nuclear forensics gathers a community of scientists, law enforcement officials, responders and policy makers who share a common commitment to nuclear forensics. This common commitment encompasses the capability for States to fulfil their nuclear security obligations to secure all nuclear material and other radioactive material that are used, produced or stored. Nuclear forensics requires international cooperation, since the threat of nuclear terrorism affects us all. Effective solutions to address this serious threat rely upon our confidence in nuclear forensics as an effective tool to prevent and respond to these threats. Let us also leave this international conference as a community. Let us take the common understanding we have gained this week, the lessons learned affecting nuclear forensic implementation, the advancements in the science, national efforts to build nuclear forensics into a national response plan and link policy requirements to strengthen national efforts in nuclear forensics going forward. Through common solutions, regular exchanges of information and consensus practices adopted after this conference, we have the greatest expectation that nuclear forensics will continue to flourish as a crucial nuclear security capability over the next ten years as much as it has in the past ten. With the results from the international conference this week, we are better positioned to continue our efforts