A Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty and its Verification - International ...

CAPTURING FISSILEMATERIAL STOCKSCeasing production of weapons fissile material willquantitatively cap # of weapons & lay foundation for eventualeliminationAll nuclear materials in NNWS already subject to CSAs - NWS& de facto possessors will be affected by the inclusion ofexisting stocks, making it a disarmament mechanism If not, stockpiles material originating from dismantled weaponscould potentially be reversed into new weapon systems Reductions will only be irreversible if (re)use of fissile materialtransferred from military use to civilian nuclear activities (declaredas excess) is prohibitedPolitical & practical reasons why full/complete declaration ofall past produced weapons grade material as a Fissbanrequirement would be problematic Inability to verify the declaration of nuclear material in weaponswill not contribute to confidence building7