Strengthening Long-Term Nuclear Security : Protecting Weapon-Usable Material in Russia Paperback / softback
by Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium , Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Security, and Cooperation Development, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:118 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2006
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- ISBN:9780309097055
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:118 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780309097055