Reducing the threat of nuclear theft in the former Soviet Union

Article Abstract:

The US expenditures on improving the protection of nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union are investments in national and international security. Controlling the theft of essential ingredients of nuclear weapons is an urgent security challenge. International security will be threatened if these materials fall in the wrong hands. Prevention measures include improved security and accounting of these materials, new storage facilities, safe transportations, improved national level tracking systems, tougher international standards, and limiting accumulation of nuclear weapons.

Safety and security measures, International aspects, Russia, National security, Former Soviet Union

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The Soviet nuclear archipelago

Article Abstract:

Russia has retained overall control of the former USSR's vast nuclear arsenal and weapons complex, thereby reducing the dangers of proliferation. Approximately 77% of the former Soviet stockpile of 27,000 weapons is based in Russia. Those remaining in Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are either being dismantled or transfered back to Russia. Similarly, the Ministry of Atomic Power and Industry, which supervises all of the region's nuclear facilities, is also under Russian control.

Military aspects, Commonwealth of Independent States, Soviet Union, Nuclear facilities

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