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Health and safety considerations for U. S. monitors in the Russian transparency program.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10925
In 1993 the US and the Russian Federation signed an agreement allowing the US to purchase highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Russia over a 20-year period. This Highly Enriched Uranium Purchase Agreement permits the purchase of 500 metric tons of HEU from dismantled Russian nuclear weapons in the form of low-enriched uranium (LEU) for use as power reactor fuel in the US. Under the HEU Agreement, the US and Russia are cooperating in a ''Transparency Program'' to ensure that arms control and nonproliferation objectives are being met. The Transparency Program measures, which are a departure from traditional, intrusive measures of verification, include sending individuals from the US to Russia to monitor the processing of the HEU.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10925
Report Number(s):
ANL/EA/CP-97041
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ARMS CONTROL
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
MONITORING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
PROCUREMENT
REPROCESSING
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SAFETY
SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM
USA