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NNSA Security Upgrades at Russian Sites Are Ahead of Schedule
Overview The Bush administration has accelerated and expanded its programs to secure Russian nuclear materials and weapons. Ongoing efforts by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) to secure nuclear material, nuclear weapons and nuclear facilities in Russia form a central element of this plan. Few government programs are more directly connected to denying terrorists the materials they need for assembling nuclear weapons. Energy Secretary has accelerated by two years the schedules for completing security upgrades for both Russian naval facilities (2006) and 600 metric tons of fissile material mostly at weapons production facilities around the country (2008).
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Energy | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | October 2004 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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