Funding cold war clean-up

Part of: Nuclear Russia

Vincent Basler

Since the end of the Cold War, an internationally-funded race has been on to help Russia secure and destroy its nuclear arsenal as envisioned by the START treaty as well as to help Moscow deal with the environmental consequences of 40 years of preparation for nuclear war. This section supplied background and articles on the ever more numerous programmes that have been set up bi-laterally and mulit-laterally with Russia to achieve these goals.

ARTICLES
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bv.com

[ 22.07.2007 ]
US to convert more weapons plutonium than originally planned
NEW YORK-The Bush administration plans to convert more weapons-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel than previously planned under the 2000 Plutonium Disposition Agreement with Russia, said a senior Department of Energy (DOE) official.
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AFP

[ 14.11.2005 ]
Iran rejects Moscow’s uranium enrichment compromise
The head of Iran's nuclear agency ruled out a compromise proposal that uranium enrichment for his country's controversial nuclear programme be carried out in Russia, saying Saturday that enrichment must be done in Iran, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
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[ 10.11.2005 ]
“Civilian” technologies and nuclear proliferation
Bellona presents “The Inevitable Link Between Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons”, a report by respected environmentalist and adviser to the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleksei Yablokov. The report covers technological and political aspects of nuclear non-proliferation, as well as the role of the IAEA in regulating this process.
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NEWS
[ 02.10.2007 ]
G8 Global Partnership meetings in Murmansk

Murmansk region hosted several meetings on nuclear and radiation safety last week.

[ 16.02.2006 ]
Norway to allocate 110m crowns for Russian radiation security

The Norwegian government plans to allocate 110 million Norwegian crowns ($16m) for the implementation of nuclear and radiation security programs in Russia in 2006.

[ 06.02.2006 ]
Norway stops investing in companies that produce nuclear weapons

In January 2006, Norway announced last month that it has stopped investing, via its state pension fund, in seven companies which it says are involved in the production of nuclear weapons as those activities “violate fundamental humanitarian principles,” the BBC reported.

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