Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Responding to the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism; 4 2 The Need for Russian Champions for MPC&A; 5 3 Financial Support for MPC&A Activities; 6 4 Improved Approaches to Facilitate Indigenization; 7 Epilogue; 8 Appendix A Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation in the Area of Nuclear Material Physical Protection, Control, and Accounting; 9 Appendix B Specific Recommendations from Two Previous National Research Council Reports Concerning Indigenization of MPC&A; 10 Appendix C Committee Biographies; 11 Appendix D United States Legislative Basis for DOE MPC&A Activities in Russia and DOE MPC&A Program Description; 12 Appendix E The U.S. Department of Energy's Approach to Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Sustainability in Russia; 13 Appendix F List of Consultations and Site Visits by the Committee; 14 Appendix G Timeline of the U.S. Department of Energy- Ministry of Atomic Energy Cooperation; 15 Appendix H U.S. Congressional Appropriations and Funding Projections for MPC&A Cooperative Program with the Russian Federation; 16 Appendix I Russian Facilities Participating in the Cooperative MPC&A Program as of June 2005; 17 Appendix J Russian Federal Target Program on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Russia for 2000-2006

About the Author

Committee on Indigenization of Programs to Prevent Leakage of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium from Russian Facilities, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council