ABOUT IPFM
FISSILE MATERIALS &
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
INVENTORIES
FMCT
DISARMAMENT
NUCLEAR ENERGY
DOCUMENTS
VISUAL DATABASE
IPFM BLOG
SEARCH
LATEST NEWS
Thu - Oct 29th, 2009
JUST RELEASED: Global Fissile Material Report 2009: A Path to Nuclear Disarmament
download (PDF, 9,2 MB)
Wed - Sep 9th, 2009
September 2009 draft of the IPFM Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty (including an article-by-article discussion)
download full text (PDF, 182 KB)
Thu - May 28th, 2009
IPFM Research Report #7: Consolidating Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex, by Pavel Podvig
download (PDF, 709 KB)
Thu - Feb 19th, 2009
IPFM Research Report #6: The Safeguards at Reprocessing Plants under a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty, by Shirley Johnson
download (PDF, 542 KB)
Fri - Feb 13th, 2009
IPFM Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
download full text (PDF, 256 KB)
Fri - Feb 13th, 2009
IPFM Releases Draft International Treaty to Ban Production of Fissile Materials For Use in Nuclear Weapons: Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
read more
Sat - Oct 11th, 2008
Global Fissile Material Report 2008, Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
download (PDF, 7,6 MB)
Wed - Oct 1st, 2008
Available for download: the IPFM briefing on Global Fissile Material Report 2008:
Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty, 52nd IAEA General Conference, Vienna, Austria
read more
Tue - Jul 8th, 2008
IPFM Research Report #5: The Legacy of Reprocessing in the United Kingdom, by Martin Forwood
download (PDF, 940 KB)
Thu - May 8th, 2008
IPFM Research Report #4: Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing in France, by Mycle Schneider and Yves Marignac
download (PDF, 2,7 MB)
Mon - May 5th, 2008
Available for download: the IPFM briefing on A Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty and Its Verification, United Nations Office at Geneva, Palais des Nations, 2008 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting
read more
JUST RELEASED: Global Fissile Material Report 2009: A Path to Nuclear Disarmament
download (PDF, 9,2 MB)
Wed - Sep 9th, 2009
September 2009 draft of the IPFM Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty (including an article-by-article discussion)
download full text (PDF, 182 KB)
Thu - May 28th, 2009
IPFM Research Report #7: Consolidating Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex, by Pavel Podvig
download (PDF, 709 KB)
Thu - Feb 19th, 2009
IPFM Research Report #6: The Safeguards at Reprocessing Plants under a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty, by Shirley Johnson
download (PDF, 542 KB)
Fri - Feb 13th, 2009
IPFM Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
download full text (PDF, 256 KB)
Fri - Feb 13th, 2009
IPFM Releases Draft International Treaty to Ban Production of Fissile Materials For Use in Nuclear Weapons: Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
read more
Sat - Oct 11th, 2008
Global Fissile Material Report 2008, Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty
download (PDF, 7,6 MB)
Wed - Oct 1st, 2008
Available for download: the IPFM briefing on Global Fissile Material Report 2008:
Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty, 52nd IAEA General Conference, Vienna, Austria
read more
Tue - Jul 8th, 2008
IPFM Research Report #5: The Legacy of Reprocessing in the United Kingdom, by Martin Forwood
download (PDF, 940 KB)
Thu - May 8th, 2008
IPFM Research Report #4: Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing in France, by Mycle Schneider and Yves Marignac
download (PDF, 2,7 MB)
Mon - May 5th, 2008
Available for download: the IPFM briefing on A Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty and Its Verification, United Nations Office at Geneva, Palais des Nations, 2008 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting
read more
IPFM BLOG
breifings, briefings, conference on disarmament, consolidation, disarmament, europe, fissile materials, fmct, france, gfmr, heu, india, mox, nonproliferation, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons, plutonium, presentation, presentations, reprocessing, russia, stocks, treaties, united kingdom, us-india nuclear deal, washington
Consolidating Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex
posted by Zia Mian on May 27th, 2009 [17:50h]
under: Consolidation, Russia
last edited on May 27th, 2009 [17:56h]
under: Consolidation, Russia
last edited on May 27th, 2009 [17:56h]
A new IPFM research report, Consolidating Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex, by Pavel Podvig, is now online. The report concludes that Russia could take major steps to further consolidate its very large stocks of weapon-usable fissile materials in a small number of safer, relatively secure storage sites
Russia has the world's largest stocks of weapon-usable fissile materials. These stocks are mostly a legacy of the Cold War, during which the Soviet Union and the United States each created nuclear industries sized to produce tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
The fissile materials are in the custody of Rosatom, which is responsible for producing and disposing of Russia's nuclear weapons and building and fueling its reactors. The materials are scattered across numerous sites and facilities, some of which do not have adequate security or material accounting systems. Although Russia acknowledges the dangers associated with the continuing existence of these materials, the task of reducing the dangers by either eliminating the material or consolidating it in a small number of safer, more secure storage sites, has not received adequate priority.
This report describes Russia's nuclear complex in detail and suggests measures that would help Russia consolidate its fissile materials at a smaller number of sites, reduce transfers between sites, and clean out lower-security civilian sites.
Pavel Podvig, currently with Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), was previously with the Center for Arms Control Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security.
Russia has the world's largest stocks of weapon-usable fissile materials. These stocks are mostly a legacy of the Cold War, during which the Soviet Union and the United States each created nuclear industries sized to produce tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
The fissile materials are in the custody of Rosatom, which is responsible for producing and disposing of Russia's nuclear weapons and building and fueling its reactors. The materials are scattered across numerous sites and facilities, some of which do not have adequate security or material accounting systems. Although Russia acknowledges the dangers associated with the continuing existence of these materials, the task of reducing the dangers by either eliminating the material or consolidating it in a small number of safer, more secure storage sites, has not received adequate priority.
This report describes Russia's nuclear complex in detail and suggests measures that would help Russia consolidate its fissile materials at a smaller number of sites, reduce transfers between sites, and clean out lower-security civilian sites.
Pavel Podvig, currently with Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), was previously with the Center for Arms Control Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security.
|
|
|