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STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM NUCLEAR SECURITY
PROTECTING WEAPON-USABLE MATERIAL IN RUSSIA |
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Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium , Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Development, Security, and Cooperation |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309097053 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309097055 |
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| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 February, 2006 |
| Pages: |
118 |
| Description: |
Highlights obstacles in the transition from a US-Russian cooperative program to a Russian-directed and Russian-funded indigenized program. This report recommends the establishment of a ten-year indigenization fund provided by Russia and its G-8 partners as a new mechanism for shifting the financial burden to the Russian Government. |
| Synopsis: |
In July 2005, the National Academies released the report Strengthening Long-term Nuclear Security: Protecting Weapon-Usable Material in Russia. The report highlighted several obstacles in the transition from a U.S.-Russian cooperative program to a Russian-directed and Russian-funded fully indigenized program that will ensure the security of 600 tons of weapon-usable nuclear material at a level of international acceptability. Overcoming these obstacles requires an increased political commitment at a number of levels of the Russian Government to modern material protection, control, and accounting systems (MPC&A). Adequate resources must be provided to facilities where weapon-usable material is located for upgrading and maintaining MPC&A systems. Additionally, the technical security systems that are being installed through the cooperative program need to be fully embraced by Russian managers and specialists. The report recommends the establishment of a ten-year indigenization fund of about $500 million provided by Russia and its G-8 partners as a new mechanism for gradually shifting the financial burden of MPC&A to the Russian Government. |
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US |
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National Academies Press |
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