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4 Conclusion
Pages 129-130

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... This distributed construct demands a level of integration and coordination that the committee found fell short of what is needed to ensure that the enterprise can meet current and future capability needs. Enhanced coordination and strategic planning is critical, and the committee recommends that the National Security Council ensure that there is an enduring interagency process that includes regular preparation and release of an MDV R&D strategic plan as well as the establishment of an external advisory board to assist in longer-term planning.
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... The committee did not see evidence of waste or inefficiency in these programs. Rather, the MDV R&D enterprise is constrained by its budget and currently unable to fully address the following important R&D needs: • Nuclear Fuel Cycle MDV: New tools for efficiency and support of the International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol, monitoring techniques for milling and mining operations, monitoring techniques for new reactor types using new fuels and new enrichment technologies, and wide-area environmental sampling.
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