Soviet Nuclear Exports

Soviet Nuclear Exports
Author: Gloria Duffy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1977
Genre: Export controls
ISBN:

This book discusses Russian nuclear policy and United States foreign relations with Russia in regards to nuclear industry.

Proliferation Concerns

Proliferation Concerns
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1997-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309174813

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.

Once and Future Partners

Once and Future Partners
Author: William C. Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429626746

Despite their Cold War rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union frequently engaged in joint efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Leaders in Washington and Moscow recognized that nuclear proliferation would serve neither country’s interests even when they did not see eye-to-eye in many other areas. They likewise understood why collaboration in mitigating this nuclear danger would serve both their own interests and those of the international community. This volume examines seven little known examples of US-Soviet cooperation for non-proliferation, including preventing South Africa from conducting a nuclear test, developing international safeguards and export control guidelines, and negotiating a draft convention banning radiological weapons. It uses declassified and recently-digitized archival material to explore in-depth the motivations for and modalities for cooperation under often adverse political circumstances. Given the current disintegration of Russian and US relations, including in the nuclear sphere, this history is especially worthy of review. Accordingly, the volume’s final chapter is devoted to discussing how non-proliferation lessons from the past can be applied today in areas most in need of US-Russian cooperation.

Non-Proliferation Incentives for Russia and Ukraine

Non-Proliferation Incentives for Russia and Ukraine
Author: John C Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136044884

Given their protracted economic difficulties, the nuclear and aerospace industries in Russia and Ukraine are tempted to export dual-use technologies that can contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile systems. John C. Baker proposes using international incentives to discourage irresponsible export behaviour while seeking long-term changes in the non-proliferation attitudes of their managers and government leaders.

Nuclear Safety

Nuclear Safety
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 37
Release: 1996-12
Genre: Nuclear reactors
ISBN: 078813664X

On March 10, 1994, the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. approved a decision to guarantee a loan of $317 million for the work performed by Westinghouse Electric Corp. on the Temelin nuclear power plant, a Soviet-designed reactor, in the Czech Republic. This report provides information on the reasons for the Bank's loan guarantee; the actions the Bank took to ensure the soundness of the project, including the project's safety; & issues involving the U.S. government's potential liability in case of a nuclear accident as a result of the loan guarantee.