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Antinuclear Activists Criticize U.S. Plan to Ship Plutonium to France

Oct. 15, 2003

Antinuclear activists have strongly criticized a U.S. Energy Department plan to ship weapon-grade plutonium to France for conversion into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies, Energy Daily reported today (see GSN, Oct. 10).

GSN Article | MOX, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Plutonium
Increased Efforts Needed to Secure Nuclear Stockpiles, Researcher Says

Oct. 23, 2003

WASHINGTON — Increased efforts are needed to improve the security of stockpiles of nuclear weapons and related materials throughout the world, a Harvard University researcher said in a report released yesterday, calling such a move “the most critical and cost-effective step” toward preventing terrorists from obtaining nuclear weapons (see GSN, Sept. 23).

GSN Article | HEU Minimization, Nuclear, Nuclear Materials Security, Nuclear Terrorism
ElBaradei Calls for International Control of Nuclear Material Production

Nov. 4, 2003

UNITED NATIONS — Saying “recent events have made it clear that the nonproliferation regime is under growing stress,” Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, yesterday suggested limiting the processing and production of nuclear materials that can be used for bombs and placing facilities under international control.

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament, Reprocessing/Recycling, Uranium Enrichment
United States, Russia Near Agreement on Recovery of Spent Research Reactor Fuel

Nov. 5, 2003

The United States and Russia are set to sign an agreement under which U.S. funding will be provided to help return spent nuclear fuel from research reactors in former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe to Russia, ITAR-Tass reported today (see GSN, Sept. 23).

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Spent Fuel Storage
Italy Agrees With Russia on Chemical, Nuclear Demilitarization Deals

Nov. 6, 2003

A state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Rome this week was expected to spur the completion of two agreements, one to cooperate on the destruction of Moscow’s chemical weapons stockpile and the second to scrap Russian nuclear submarines, ITAR-Tass reported Tuesday (see GSN, Oct. 21; ITAR-Tass, Nov. 4).

GSN Article | Chemical Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination
Russia, U.S. Pledge to Conclude HEU Return Agreement

Nov. 7, 2003

WASHINGTON — Russia and the United States today pledged to conclude a broad agreement governing their cooperation on the retrieval of highly enriched uranium (HEU) of Russian origin from Eastern European and former Soviet countries.

GSN Article | HEU Minimization, Nuclear, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination
IAEA Helps Secure Radioactive Source in Ivory Coast

Nov. 11, 2003

The International Atomic Energy Agency last month assisted an operation to secure a disused radioactive source in Ivory Coast, the agency announced yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 3).

GSN Article | Material Control and Accounting, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Nuclear Materials Security, Radiological/Radioactive Materials
Citing Poor Security, Analysts Question U.S.-Russian Program to Transfer Dangerous Uranium to Russia

Nov. 24, 2003

The case of alleged Russian uranium thief Alexander Tyulyakov has highlighted the dangers posed by poor security at Russian nuclear facilities and the potential risks of a U.S.-Russian program to place more highly enriched uranium under Russian protection, the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday.

GSN Article | Highly Enriched Uranium, Nuclear, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Nuclear Materials Security
Russian State Duma Ratifies MNEPR Framework Agreement

Dec. 1, 2003

The lower house of the Russian Parliament Friday voted 286-38 Friday to ratify the Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Program in the Russian Federation, which would allow foreign countries to contribute to Russia’s efforts to dismantle old nuclear submarines (see GSN, Oct. 27). The agreement provides tax exemptions and liability protection for foreign countries involved in projects ...

GSN Article | Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Submarines
U.S. Considers Extending “Takeback” Policy of Spent Fuel From Foreign Research Reactors

Dec. 16, 2003

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department is considering whether to extend a policy of accepting spent nuclear fuel from certain foreign research reactors — a move that some experts said could affect U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts (see GSN, Oct. 23).

GSN Article | HEU Minimization, Reactor Conversion
Joint U.S.-Russian Operation Recovers HEU From Bulgarian Research Reactor

Dec. 29, 2003

A joint U.S.-Russian operation last week recovered a stockpile of highly enriched uranium from a Soviet-era research reactor facility in Bulgaria, according to the U.S. Energy Department (see GSN, Nov. 24).

GSN Article | HEU Downblending, Highly Enriched Uranium, Reactor Conversion
U.S. Fears “Manipulation” of Russian Legal System in Joint Nuclear Security Efforts

Jan. 14, 2004

WASHINGTON — “Manipulation” of the Russian legal system is among the factors behind a U.S.-Russian standoff over liability provisions in agreements on securing nuclear material in Russia, a top U.S. nuclear security official said yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 22, 2003). The United States and Russia are stalemated over the scope of the liability exemption U.S. officials and ...

GSN Article | Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Plutonium

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Antinuclear Activists Criticize U.S. Plan to Ship Plutonium to France

Increased Efforts Needed to Secure Nuclear Stockpiles, Researcher Says

ElBaradei Calls for International Control of Nuclear Material Production

United States, Russia Near Agreement on Recovery of Spent Research Reactor Fuel

Italy Agrees With Russia on Chemical, Nuclear Demilitarization Deals

Russia, U.S. Pledge to Conclude HEU Return Agreement

IAEA Helps Secure Radioactive Source in Ivory Coast

Citing Poor Security, Analysts Question U.S.-Russian Program to Transfer Dangerous Uranium to Russia

Russian State Duma Ratifies MNEPR Framework Agreement

U.S. Considers Extending “Takeback” Policy of Spent Fuel From Foreign Research Reactors

Joint U.S.-Russian Operation Recovers HEU From Bulgarian Research Reactor

U.S. Fears “Manipulation” of Russian Legal System in Joint Nuclear Security Efforts

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