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How can a treaty that bans the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons also remain non-discriminatory and build a verification system that’s acceptable to different states? While grappling with this overarching question, the contributors to this text also focus on 1) the different ways to verify the production of fissile material in states with unsafeguarded stocks, and what these approaches mean for a treaty that bans fissile material production; 2) how a Fissile Material Treaty might deal with classified forms of these materials, particularly in nuclear armed states; and 3) what nuclear forensic analysis could contribute to the treaty’s future verification system.