U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress

Abstract

The United States and Russia signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement on May 6, 2008. President Bush submitted the agreement to Congress on May 13. This report discusses key policy issues related to that agreement, including future nuclear energy cooperation with Russia, U.S.-Russian bilateral relations, nonproliferation cooperation and Russia's policies toward Iran. This report will be updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 2008
Accession Number
ADA486057

Entities

People

  • Mary B. Nikitin

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Cooperation
  • Energy
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security