Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan does not possess nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. When part of the USSR, Uzbekistan provided much of the uranium for the Soviet nuclear weapons program. Today, it is a member of all relevant arms control treaties including the Central Asia Nuclear Weapons Free-Zone Treaty.

Region Former Soviet Union

$11 billion Estimated cost of proposed Russian-supplied nuclear power plant

63 Kilograms of highly enriched uranium returned from Uzbekistan to Russia in 2006

7th Global rank in uranium oxide production

Nuclear

Possesses two operational nuclear research reactors from the Soviet era which have been converted to run on Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU)
Has been a major uranium supplier since the Soviet era and continues to mine and export uranium globally
Joined and originally proposed the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (CANWFZ)

Tutorial on Nuclear and Radiological Security

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Tutorial on Nuclear and Radiological Security

Tutorial on Nuclear 101

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Tutorial on Nuclear 101

Biological

Inherited numerous biological weapons facilities from the Soviet era, including the Aralsk-7
Despite efforts under the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program there remain serious concerns over the safety of the remaining biological agents in these facilities

Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation

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Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation

Missile

No known ballistic missile program, but possesses the industrial and technological capability to produce components
Party to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC)

Tutorial on Missiles and Other WMD Delivery Systems

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Tutorial on Missiles and Other WMD Delivery Systems

Tutorial on Nuclear Testing

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Tutorial on Nuclear Testing

Chemical

Does not possess a chemical weapons program

Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation

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Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation

Treaties and Regimes Memberships

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Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ)

The Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ) made formerly-Soviet Central Asia, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone under the Semipalatinsk Treaty.

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Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

The CIS is an association that coordinates the facilitation of free movement of goods, services, labor force, and capital between member states. It also promotes cooperation on security matters.

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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

The BTWC mandates the elimination of existing biological weapons and prohibits developing, stockpiling, or using biological and toxin weapons.

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NPT

The NPT is a treaty aimed at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons through the three pillars of non-proliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use of nuclear energy.

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NTI Seminar: Dr. Mariana Budjeryn on the Collapse of the USSR and the Disarmament of Ukraine

During an NTI seminar Dr. Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center's Project on Managing the Atom, shared key insights from her new book, Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine.

NTI at SynBioBeta, the Global Synthetic Biology Conference