As Aaron Arnold, A Harvard Kennedy School researcher and an associate of the Project on Managing the Atom, states in his writing "Blockchain: A new aid to nuclear export controls?" there is a huge problem of unclear sanctions towards international nuclear trade, export and supplies which can be resolved by blockchain.
Blockchain: A new aid to nuclear export controls? https://t.co/yQ5B6kIZqO
— Aaron Arnold (@aaron_m_arnold) 19 октября 2017 г.
He presumes that blockchain technology of smart contracts can be very useful for audit and to create well-protected, international logistical orders regarding nuclear resources and to protect them from unauthorized access.
Coalitions, like the Nuclear Suppliers Group, should start thinking now about blockchain and its implications for supply-side controls. This includes developing a firm understanding of the relationships between public and private sector implementations of blockchain, and the consequences for controlling nuclear and dual-use goods and technologies.
Aaron Arnold
Researcher, Harvard Kennedy School
In future, blockchain technology can become a perfect solution to the issue of falsification and a source of preventing fraud as there will be no difficulty to trace the source of nuclear supplies.