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The first session of this XX Amaldi conference is devoted, as in the previous conference, to the dual existential problem of Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, contributing to international peace and security and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, please allow me at the outset to thank the President of the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, M. Alberto Quadrio Curzio, and M. Luciano Maiani and M. Said Abousahl, Co-Chairs of the XX Edoardo Amaldi Conference, for having organised this event and having invited me to present Canada’s perspective on the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process and its Legacy.

Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism is a voluntary partnership of 88 nations and five international observer organizations. Both the partners and the observers work together to improve international capacity to prevent, detect and respond to nuclear terrorism.

This 20th edition of the Edoardo Amaldi Conference is dedicated to International cooperation, security, safeguards and on the processes of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The choice of whether or not to use nuclear energy and to what extent is up to each Member State of the European Union. Member States who decide to use nuclear energy in their energy mix have to apply the highest standards of safety, security, waste management and non-proliferation as well as to diversify nuclear fuel supplies.

After six years of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the situation in Japan’s nuclear power program is still very uncertain. Decommissioning of the Fukushima reactors are making slower progress than expected, and technical difficulties remain challenging. Recovery of contaminated areas and reconstruction of life of affected residents is also facing social-political problems.

During this Session, safeguards verification activities, implemented since the signature of the EURATOM Treaty, have been reviewed and discussed. Both the IAEA and the EC DG ENER illustrated the effectiveness of the safeguards implementation and the benefits of the close cooperation in jointly conducted verification activities.

The IAEA’s primary purpose is to seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of nuclear energy to peace, health and prosperity, while ensuring that nuclear energy is not used in a way that furthers any military purpose.

EURATOM Safeguards are an important cornerstone of global non-proliferation of nuclear materials and verification of their civil use. After 60 years of operations, EURATOM Safeguards are as important as in the beginning, but the steady growth of nuclear activities and the enlargement of the EURATOM Community have created several challenges for the years to come.