Strengthening Long-Term Nuclear Security - Protecting Weapon-Usable Material in Russia

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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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.

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• Authors: Committee on Indigenization of Programs, Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium from Russian Facilities, Security Development, Development Security and Cooperation, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, National Research Council of the Nationa, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Policy And Global Affairs, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2006
• EAN: 9780309097055
• ISBN: 978-0-309-09705-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 225 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration