INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON RADIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN RUSSIA

Conference · Wed Oct 07 04:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:990584

Landers, Christopher C; Tatyrek, Aaron P

Since its inception in 2004, the United States Department of Energy’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) has provided the Russian Federation with significant financial and technical assistance to secure its highly vulnerable and dangerous radiological material. The three program areas of this assistance are the removal of radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG), the physical protection of vulnerable in-use radiological material of concern, and the recovery of disused or abandoned radiological material of concern. Despite the many successes of the GTRI program in Russia, however, there is still a need for increased international cooperation in these efforts. Furthermore, concerns exist over how the Russian government will ensure that the security of its radiological materials provided through GTRI will be sustained. This paper addresses these issues and highlights the successes of GTRI efforts and ongoing activities.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 990584
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-66621; NN5003010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
Global Threat Reduction Initiative
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Ongoing Activities
PHYSICAL PROTECTION
RADIOISOTOPES
REMOVAL
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Russia
SECURITY
THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS
US DOE