
Georgia
Country Spotlight
As part of its Soviet legacy, Georgia possesses a decommissioned nuclear reactor and three nuclear research institutes as well as several military bases contaminated with radioactive waste. Georgia does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and is party to the major nonproliferation treaties and regimes.
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Region Former Soviet Union
3 Nuclear research institutes
1998 Collaborated with the U.S. and the U.K. to remove all HEU and LEU-based reactor fuel from the country
1998 Enacted the first export control laws in the Caucasus
Nuclear
- Has never possessed or sought to develop nuclear weapons
- Received training, equipment, and funding from the U.S. to improve border controls and prevent the trafficking of nuclear and radiological materials


Tutorial on Nuclear and Radiological Security
Biological
- Has never possessed or sought to develop bioweapons
- Hosted dual-use biological weapons production facilities during the USSR, now dismantled
- Extensive cooperation with United States on biodefense

Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
Georgia Overview
Missile
- Does not possess ballistic missile systems

Tutorial on Missiles and Other WMD Delivery Systems

Tutorial on Nuclear Testing
Chemical
- Has never possessed or sought to develop chemical weapons

Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation

NTI Tutorials
Treaties and Regimes Memberships
Analysis
Georgia

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Georgia Overview

NIS Nuclear Trafficking Collection

Education Center