Deferred verification: Verifiable Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks

Pavel Podvig, Joseph Rodgers, "Deferred verification: Verifiable Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks," UNIDIR, December 2017

Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty to include declarations of fissile material inventories of all categories of materials, including materials in nuclear weapons. This arrangement, referred to as "deferred verification", would allow declarations to be legally binding and verifiable. Combined with the introduction of FMCT, this arrangement could be the result of fissile material stocks and the gradual elimination of all weapons-related fissile materials.