Former US Senator and Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn will hold a press conference in Vienna at 13:00, today, 19 September, to discuss the NTI´s USD 50 million commitment to create an IAEA nuclear fuel bank.
The press conference will be held in Hall M of the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), along the sidelines of the IAEA´s 50th General Conference, entitled New Framework for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy: Assurances of Supply and Non-Proliferation.
A nuclear "fuel bank" - where the IAEA administers a nuclear fuel reserve - is among proposals to be discussed during the Special Event. It would enable the Agency to act as a guarantor for the supply of fissile material to civilian nuclear users.