National laboratory technical exchanges with institutions and laboratories in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States)

OSTI ID:7187675

Preszler, A M

In March, 1992, the Department of Energy and the State Department established guidelines to encourage and direct laboratory-to-laboratory (lab-to-lab) cooperation with institutes in the newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. As a nonproliferation effort, the cooperative activities focus on the need to prevent emigration of weapons scientists to potentially proliferant states and organizations. The objective is to encourage joint projects/contracts in non-weapons-related areas in order to provide meaningful work, commensurate with scientific capabilities, that will reduce economic pressures for emigration and assist in the development of a market economy. In addition, by encouraging Western science's philosophy of openness, peer reviews and publishing, the cooperative projects improve the transparency of weapons laboratories in the former Soviet Union. Technical collaborations are rapidly increasing in number and are fostering US industrial participation. Since the initial technical exchanges in October of 1992, lab-to-lab interactions resulted in more than 200 contracts, totaling more than $5 million, and involving more than 40 institutes in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

• OSTI ID: 7187675
• Journal Information: JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States), Journal Name: JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States) Vol. 22:4; ISSN JNMMEK; ISSN 0893-6188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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