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Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on scientific and technical cooperation in the sphere of management of Plutonium withdrawn from nuclear military programmes

Document type
Bilateral
Field of application
Regional/restricted
Date
Jul 24, 1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX;  IUCN (ID: TRE-150453)
Title (Other)

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Соединенных Штатов Америки о научно-техническом сотрудничестве в области обращения с плутонием, изъятым из ядерных военных программ

Place of adoption
Moscow
Language
Russian
Entry into force
Jul 24, 1998
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Recycling/reuse Waste disposal Radioactive waste International agreement-text Waste management Access-to-information
Abstract

The purpose of the present Agreement shall be recycling of plutonium previously used for military purposes (art. 1). The Parties shall cooperate in the following fields: (a) transformation of metallic plutonium into oxide suitable for manufacturing of fuel for nuclear reactors; (b) management of waste containing plutonium; (c) disposal of waste containing plutonium (art. 3). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) exchange of scientific and technical information; (b) research and development; (c) transfer of equipment and non-nuclear materials; (d) meetings, seminars and conferences (art. 5). The present Agreement envisaged exchange exclusively of non-secret information (art. 6).

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Website
www.government.ru

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Russian Federation -
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