Russia

Click on the links below to see the full texts of official documents on plutonium disposition:

Joint Statement on Mutual Understanding Concerning Cooperation on the Program for the Disposition of Excess Weapon-Grade Plutonium, November 2007 (PDF)

Joint Statement on the U.S.-Russian Excess Weapon-grade Plutonium Disposition Program, 13 July 2006 (PDF)

Joint Statement, Secretary Abraham and Minister Rumyantsev, 16 September 2002 (On the results of the Expert Group on Accelerated Nuclear Material Disposition)

Amended Record of Decision. Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program. U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. 15 April 2002

Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Management and Disposition of Plutonium Designated As No Longer Required for Defense Purposes and Related Cooperation, 1 September 2000 (PDF)

Fact Sheet on the US-Russian Plutonium Disposition Agreement, distributed by the White House on June 4, 2000

Joint US-Russian Statement Concerning Management and Disposition of Weapon-Grade Plutonium, 4 June 2000

Joint Statement of Principles for Management and Disposition of Plutonium Designated as No Longer Required for Defense Purposes, 2 September 1998

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the Management of Plutonium that Has Been Withdrawn from Nuclear Military Programs, 24 July 1998

Final Report of the US-Russian Independent Scientific Commission on Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, 1 June 1997

For details and additional resources on plutonium disposition, please see the Plutonium Disposition Overview.

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