Nuclear Nonproliferation: Comprehensive U.S. Planning and Better Foreign Cooperation Needed to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials Worldwide

Abstract

In April 2009, President Obama announced an international initiative to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials worldwide within 4 years. Nonproliferation programs administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are working to secure nuclear materials in Russia and other countries. GAO assessed (1) U.S. governmentwide efforts to implement the President's 4-year nuclear material security initiative; (2) the status and challenges, if any, of NNSA's nuclear security programs in Russia; and (3) NNSA efforts to secure nuclear materials in countries other than Russia. To address these issues, GAO analyzed U.S. nuclear security strategies and plans and interviewed U.S. and Russian government officials. This report summarizes the findings of GAO's classified report on securing nuclear materials worldwide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1173070

Entities

People

  • Gene Aloise
  • Kevin Remondini
  • William Hoehn
  • William King

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Agreements
  • Border Security
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Fissile Materials
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Ussr
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.