Proliferation concerns : assessing U.S. efforts to help contain nuclear and other dangerous materials and technologies in the former Soviet Union / Office of International Affairs, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Office of International Affairs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Former Soviet republics--Safety measures.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear nonproliferation--International cooperation.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Technical assistance, American--Former Soviet republics.

Technical assistance, American.

Export controls--Former Soviet republics.

Export controls.

Nuclear disarmament--Former Soviet republics.

Nuclear disarmament.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities and technologies. Preventing the flow of such items to countries of proliferation concern and to terrorist groups is a major objective of U.S. national security policy. This book reviews the effectiveness of two U.S. programs directed to this objective. These programs have supported the efforts of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakstan in upgrading the physical protection, control, and accountability of highly enriched uranium and plutonium and strengthening systems to control the export of many types of militarily sensitive items.

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

Contents

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Preface

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction

3 The Environment for Containment of Advanced Weapons Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

4 Protection, Control, and Accountability of Direct-Use Material

5 Systems for Controlling Exports of Militarily Sensitive Items

6 Epilogue

Appendix A Overview of International Control Regimes

Appendix B Site Visits and Meetings of Committee

Appendix C Charge to the Committee

Appendix D Biographies of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610210596

9780309174817

0309174813

9781280210594

1280210591

9780309524568

0309524563

9780585031323

0585031320

OCLC:

56119369