Susan Pepper

Susan Pepper is presently a member of the International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO), which is responsible for the day-to-day technical and administrative management of the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards. Pepper was previously the Group Leader of ISPO from 1999 to 2010 and served as the ISPO Liaison Officer in Vienna, Austria, from 1994 to 1998. She was the Coordinator of the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards from 1996 to 2010. While leading ISPO, Pepper promoted a series of workshops to address technical issues facing the IAEA Department of Safeguards, coordinated bilateral meetings with representatives of other Member State Support Programs, and established an internship program to provide college students and recent graduates with the opportunity to work alongside experienced safeguards professionals at the IAEA.

Prior to rejoining ISPO in 2024, Pepper was the Chair of the Nonproliferation and National Security Department at BNL from 2015 to 2023. 

Pepper began her career at BNL in the Department of Nuclear Energy, where she applied her education in Civil Engineering to the structural analysis of Category I nuclear containment structures and safety analysis of nuclear facilities. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management.