Strengthening long-term nuclear security : protecting weapon-usable material in Russia / Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium from Russian Facilities, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies ; in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium from Russian Facilities.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Russia--Safety measures.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear arms control--Russia.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Protecting weapon-usable material in Russia

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Front matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Responding to the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism""; ""2 The Need for Russian Champions of MPC&A""; ""3 Financial Support of MPC&A Activities""; ""4 Improved Approaches to Facilitate Indigenization""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation in the Area of Nuclear Material Physical Protection, Control, and Accounting""

""B Specific Recommendations from Two Previous National Research Council Reports Concerning Indigenization of MPC&A""""C Committee Biographies""; ""D United States Legislative Basis for DOE MPC&A Activities in Russia and DOE MPC&A Program Description""; ""E The U.S. Department of Energy's Approach to Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Sustainability in Russia""; ""F List of Consultations and Site Visits by the Committee""; ""G Timeline of the U.S. Department of Energy- Ministry of Atomic Energy Cooperation""

""H U.S. Congressional Appropriations and Funding Projections for MPC&A Cooperative Program with the Russian Federation""""I Russian Facilities Participating in the Cooperative MPC&A Program as of June 2005""; ""J Russian Federal Target Program on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Russia for 2000-2006""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610349241

9780309181495

0309181496

9781280349249

1280349247

9780309552080

0309552087

OCLC:

65168512