Protecting Nuclear Materials in the Former Soviet Union

{
  "authors": [
    "Jon Wolfsthal"
  ],
  "type": "event",
  "centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
  "centers": [
    "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
  ],
  "collections": [],
  "englishNewsletterAll": "",
  "nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
  "primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
  "programAffiliation": "russia",
  "programs": [
    "Russia and Eurasia",
    "Nuclear Policy"
  ],
  "projects": [],
  "regions": [],
  "topics": [
    "Military",
    "Nuclear Policy"
  ]
}

Event

Protecting Nuclear Materials in the Former Soviet Union

Tue, August 15th, 2000

An event of the Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC), hosted by the Non-Proliferation Project.

This event featured presentations by the authors of a new report, Renewing the Partnership: Recommendations for Accelerated Action to Secure Nuclear Material in the Former Soviet Union, which details the status, issues, and problems related to the U.S.-Russian Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) program. The full text of the report is available on the RANSAC website.

Authors:
Oleg Bukharin, researcher, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University

Matthew Bunn, Assistant Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard University

Kenneth Luongo, Executive Director of RANSAC

Event Chair:
Jon Wolfsthal, Non-Proliferation Project, Carnegie Endowment

Watch C-SPAN coverage of this event

Additional Resources

The Next Wave: Urgently Needed News Steps to Control Warheads and Fissile Material, by Matthew Bunn (pdf format)
GAO Reports on nonproliferation programs in the former Soviet Union

Military Nuclear Policy

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speaker

Jon Wolfsthal

Former Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program

Jon Wolfsthal was a nonresident scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program.

{
  "authors": [
    "Jon Wolfsthal"
  ],
  "type": "event",
  "centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
  "centers": [
    "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
  ],
  "collections": [],
  "englishNewsletterAll": "",
  "nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
  "primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
  "programAffiliation": "russia",
  "programs": [
    "Russia and Eurasia",
    "Nuclear Policy"
  ],
  "projects": [],
  "regions": [],
  "topics": [
    "Military",
    "Nuclear Policy"
  ]
}

Event