February 1999
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Concerns with DOE's Efforts to Reduce the Risks Posed by Russia's Unemployed Weapon's Scientists - February 1999
This February 1999 report examines the costs and success of the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program and of the Department of Energy's Nuclear Cities Initiative. Both programs are designed to prevent unemployed weapons scientists in the former Soviet Union from selling sensitive information to countries or terrorist groups trying to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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Author:
Gary L. Jones
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The report's appendices include a list of US Industry Coalition members as of 1998, a list of Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) projects reviewed by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), profiles of institutes in Russia visited by GAO, information on the distribution of IPP funds at some Russian institutes, information on the commercialization of selected IPP projects, a list of IPP projects selected for inclusion under the Nuclear Cities Initiative, and comments on the report from the Department of Energy.
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US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
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