Proliferation Concerns

The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities and technologies. Preventing the flow of such items to countries of proliferation concern and to terrorist groups is a major objective of U.S. national security policy. This book reviews the effectiveness of two U.S. programs directed to this objective. These programs have supported the efforts of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakstan in upgrading the physical protection, control, and accountability of highly enriched uranium and plutonium and strengthening systems to control the export of many types of militarily sensitive items. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 The Environment for Containment of Advanced Weapons Technologies in the Former Soviet Union 4 Protection, Control, and Accountability of Direct-Use Material 5 Systems for Controlling Exports of Militarily Sensitive Items 6 Epilogue Appendix A Overview of International Control Regimes Appendix B Site Visits and Meetings of Committee Appendix C Charge to the Committee Appendix D Biographies of Committee Members