A National Academies panel said Monday that monitoring, detection and verification of nuclear weapons and fissile material should be a higher national security priority and more coordination on the issue is needed across federal offices. That is the crux of an interim report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The report, “Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection and Verification: A National Security Priority,” urges increased research and development to “minimize surprise,” said Corey Hinderstein, vice president…
