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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828306403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-309-18149-6

1-280-34924-7

9786610349241

0-309-55208-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Disciplina

355.033547

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Russia - Safety measures

Nuclear arms control - Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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""