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NTI in Action: Creating an International Nuclear Fuel Bank
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To help prevent the spread of uranium enrichment technology, NTI has pledged $50 million to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help create a low-enriched uranium stockpile to support nations that make the sovereign choice not to build indigenous nuclear fuel cycle capabilities. NTI's funds will be released if the IAEA takes the necessary steps to set up the fuel bank and other nations provide $100 million in matching funds.

As more nations seek nuclear energy, concerns have been raised about the nuclear fuel cycle. The report of the UN High Level Panel on Threats said that "...the proliferation risks from the enrichment of uranium and from the reprocessing of spent fuel are great and increasing."

Former Senator Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, said in a speech announcing NTI's pledge, "We envision that this stockpile will be available as a last-resort fuel reserve for nations that have made the sovereign choice to develop their nuclear energy based on foreign sources of fuel supply services-and therefore have no indigenous enrichment facilities. The goal of this proposed initiative is to help make fuel supplies from the international market more secure by offering customer states, that are in full compliance with their nonproliferation obligations, reliable access to a nuclear fuel reserve under impartial IAEA control should their supply arrangements be disrupted. In so doing, we hope to make a state's voluntary choice to rely on this market more secure."

While the idea for a fuel reserve is not new, there has been discussion of it, in some form, for several decades, and it is provided for in the International Atomic Energy Agency's statute. NTI's commitment is intended to help move the discussion from words to deeds in this vital area of nuclear cooperation.

Angarsk enrichment plant
Container of Uranium at the Angarsk Enrichment Plant.
Source: WMSInsights.org

International Nuclear Fuel Bank Developments

NTI/IAEA Fuel Bank Hits $100 Million Milestone; Kuwaiti Contribution Fulfills Buffett Monetary Condition

The international fuel bank proposed by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) exceeded its initial goal of $100 million in matching contributions today with a $10 million commitment from the government of Kuwait.

The European Union Commits up to 25 Million Euros (Approximately $32 Million) to IAEA Fuel Bank

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Commits $10 Million to IAEA Fuel Reserve

Norway Contributes $5 Million to IAEA Nuclear Fuel Reserve

U.S. Government Commits $50 million for IAEA Fuel Bank

Senator Nunn Testifies Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Nuclear Weapons Policy and Nuclear Fuel Assurances

Nuclear Threat Initiative Commits $50 Million to Create IAEA Nuclear Fuel Bank

Related Resources

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"Realizing Fuel Assurances" panel participants (left to right):
Laura Holgate, Tariq Rauf, Caroline Jorant, Ambassador Pedro Raul Villagra Delgado
Source: Carnegie Endowment

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