On the occasion of the fifth meeting of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation (The Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission) in Moscow on June 29-30,1995, the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic Energy and the United States Department of

Energy reaffirmed their commitment to jointly cooperate to ensure the highest possible standards of nuclear material protection, control and accounting. They recalled the agreement of their governments to demonstrate and test nuclear material control and physical protection

equipment at the Mayak reactor grade plutonium storage facility. They also noted that cooperation in the area of nuclear materials protection, control and accounting will be expanded at the following five facilities:

C Podolsk Scientific Production Association Luch

C Dmitrovgrad Scientific Research Institute for Nuclear Reactors

C Elektrostal Machine Building Plant (highly enriched uranium breeder reactor fuel line)

C Mayak chemical plant

C Obninsk Physics and Power Engineering Institute

They agreed that during the period of August 1-15, 1995, two teams of U.S. specialists will visit the five facilities to perform site surveys to facilitate the development of joint improvement plans.

They further agreed to install and demonstrate under operational conditions the U.S.-supplied control and protection equipment at Mayak.
 

United States Secretary of Energy
 
 

Signed by Hazel R. O'Leary
 

Minister of Russian Federation

for Atomic Energy
 
 

Signed By Viktor Mikhailov

Source: URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/gorec/gcc5.html
 

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