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II. Improving the Security of Nuclear Materials at INP

Training

The Department of Energy provided several MPC&A training courses for INP officials. These courses provide hands-on training in U.S. approaches and methodologies to physical protection system design and analysis and equipment maintenance and use. In addition, INP guard force personnel received equipment and training. These MPC&A training activities markedly enhance the overall security posture of the facility by providing an interface between the protective force, physical security systems and material control and accounting systems.

 

"As a result of the cooperative efforts between the Uzbekistan Institute of Physics and the U.S. Department of Energy, the nuclear material at this facility has been rendered more secure."

 U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan

Statement made at ceremony marking the completion of MPC&A upgrades at Tashkent.

Stanley T. Escudero
U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan

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