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Georgia: Fissile Material Table
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Georgia: Fissile Material Table

 

The following table provides information on highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium stockpiles at sites in Georgia. Because of uncertainties in Russian and other NIS fissile material inventories, these tables are not exhaustive.

For HEU, the mass of U-235 is listed along with the enrichment. When only an aggregate amount of HEU with various enrichments is known, the total weight of the HEU inventory is listed.  The table includes stocks of fresh fuel or fuel currently loaded in reactors. Spent fuel is not included.
 
 
Location
Facility
Material
Source
   
Plutonium
HEU
 
Mtskheta Institute of Physics 

none

none; LEU and HEU was transferred to Scotland in April 1998

Stephen Kinzer, "U.S. Agents Whisk Atom Bomb Material From an Ex-Soviet Land," New York Times, 24 April 1998.
Sukhumi Sukhumi I. Vekua Institute of Physics and Technology

unknown

2kg[1] of 90% HEU[2], possibly in the form of icebreaker fuel[3] [1] NISNP Discussions with Georgian Officials, June 1997.
[2]
William C. Potter, "A US NGO Perspective on US-Russian MPC&A Cooperation," Paper prepared for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Naples, Florida, 26-30 July 1998.
[3] Visit by Dr. William Potter to Russian Nuclear Facilities, May 1996.
 {Revised and Updated 5/12/98 TR, 5/9/2001 KB}
 

Last updated 7 June 2001

Comments or questions? Contact Kenley Butler at MIIS CNS: Kenley.Butler@miis.edu

 

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