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Ten
years ago, the Soviet Union broke apart, leaving as its legacy approximately
30,000 nuclear warheads and enough highly enriched uranium and plutonium to
make 60,000 more; 40,000 metric tons of chemical weapons; an elaborate
bioweapons research apparatus, and tens of thousands of scientists who know how
to make weapons and missiles, but whose jobs are no longer assured. Over the last decade, a sustained U.S.-Russian
Cooperative Threat Reduction effort has reduced these dangers, but much more
needs to be done. Dismantling weapons,
securing material, eliminating infrastructure, and directing know-how to
peaceful pursuits – all of these play an essential role in fighting the spread
of weapons of mass destruction.
NTI's Russia/NIS programs are focused on:
- Securing, consolidating and reducing the essential elements of nuclear weapons: highly enriched uranium and weapon-grade plutonium. The relative ease of obtaining weapons designs and non-nuclear components makes control over nuclear materials our first line of defense for preventing terrorist groups or hostile forces from developing or obtaining nuclear weapons.
- Leveraging additional resources to address proliferation threats posed by nuclear and chemical weapons and their associated materials, infrastructure and human capitol.
- Developing projects in partnership with host countries with local approaches and
perspectives as an inherent part of the projects. Our work is guided by the successful history of
scientist-to-scientist cooperation between U.S. and Russian specialists and the
Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program.
- Generating new thinking on reducing nuclear risks.
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