New Report: Options for Expanding Conversion of Russian Highly Enriched Uranium
This technical report explores the cost and schedules associated with potential approaches to accelerate and expand the blend-down of Russian highly enriched uranium.
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This technical report explores the cost and schedules associated with potential approaches to accelerate and expand the blend-down of Russian highly enriched uranium.
Understanding
the Nuclear Threat
Reducing the risk of nuclear use by terrorists and nation-states requires a broad set of complementary strategies targeted at reducing state reliance on nuclear weapons, stemming the demand for nuclear weapons and denying organizations or states access to the essential nuclear materials, technologies and know-how.
In Depth
Country Profile
Russia
This article provides an overview of Russia’s historical and current policies relating to nuclear, chemical, biological and missile proliferation.
Global Security Newswire
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NNSA Shutters Compliance Site in Russia in Cost-Saving Move
Oct. 24, 2012
An office in Novouralask, Russia, tasked with ensuring Russian compliance under a bilateral nonproliferation agreement with the United States has been shuttered earlier than planned, thanks to recently developed technology that will allow U.S. monitoring to take place from afar, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced in a Monday release.
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U.S. Recovers German Reactor Fuel Under New Program, Plans to Help Convert Argentine Reactor
Aug. 13, 2004
WASHINGTON — The United States this month received the first shipment of U.S.-origin spent fuel repatriated through the Global Threat Reduction Initiative, which seeks to recover U.S.- and Russian-origin fresh and spent nuclear fuel from research reactors around the world, the U.S. Energy Department announced this week (see GSN, July 21).
