Estonia
Country Spotlight
Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, Estonia was home to major Soviet nuclear and military facilities. After it regained its independence in 1991, Estonia dismantled many of the Soviet-era facilities and joined both NATO and the European Union.
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Region Former Soviet Union
4,013,000 tons Uranium ore processed during the Soviet Era
4 Nuclear facilities operated during the Soviet Era
2004 Joined NATO and the European Union
Nuclear
- Has received assistance from the IAEA, U.S., and other countries to help manage and secure its nuclear waste
- Plans to construct up to four small modular reactors for nuclear power, with the first to be operational by 2035
- Has not pursued a nuclear weapons program since gaining independence
Biological
- Has never possessed or pursued a biological weapons program
- Strengthened export controls as a precondition for European Union membership
Missile
- Does not have an indigenous missile program
- Purchasing ATACMS ballistic missiles from the U.S. and Blue Spear anti-ship cruise missiles from Israel
- Member of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC)
Chemical
- Has never possessed or pursued a chemical weapons program
- Strengthened export controls as a precondition for European Union membership