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Characterization of Russian ballistic furnace shells, February, 1999, batch

Description: This report documents the characterization of the latest batch of shells produced in the Ballistic Furnace System at the Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia, that we received in mid-February, 1999. The batch consisted of three cassettes containing 36 shells in each cassette. An initial sphericity measurement was done, each shell was weighed, and shells were selected that were spherical enough to run on the Sphere Mapper AFM.
Date: April 2, 1999
Creator: Fearon, E
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The Politics of Fiscal Federalism and Building the Foundations of the Putin Regime in Russia, 2007-2013

Description: Putin's military forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, sparking a renewed academic interest in Russia's current regime. Several scholars suggested that a critical period in the construction of the current regime occurred between 1999-2013 during Putin's first two presidencies followed by the Medvedev presidency. This is when the basic institutions of the current Russian political system were changed to recentralize state authority and prevent Russian Federation from looming disintegratio… more
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Date: August 2022
Creator: Pechenina, Anna
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Liaison activities with the Institute of Physcial Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Midyear report

Description: The task `IPC/RAS Liaison and Tank Waste Testing` is a program being conducted in fiscal year (FY) 1996 with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and Technology, EM-53 Efficient Separations and Processing (ESP) Crosscutting Program, under the technical task plan (TTP) RLA6C342. The principal investigator is Cal Delegard of the Westinghouse Hanford Company. The task involves a technical liaison with the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sci… more
Date: May 29, 1996
Creator: Delegard, C.H.
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Selected translated abstracts of Russian-language climate-change publications, III aerosols: Issue 164

Description: This report presents abstracts in Russian and translated into English of important Russian-language literature concerning aerosols as they relate to climate change. In addition to the bibliographic citations and abstracts translated into English, this report presents the original citations and abstracts in Russian. Author and title indexes are included to assist the reader in locating abstracts of particular interest.
Date: October 1, 1995
Creator: Razuvaev, V.N. & Ssivachok, S.G.
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Comparison with Russian analyses of meteor impact

Description: The inversion model for meteor impacts is used to discuss Russian analyses and compare principal results. For common input parameters, the models produce consistent estimates of impactor parameters. Directions for future research are discussed and prioritized.
Date: June 1, 1997
Creator: Canavan, G. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immobilization of excess weapons plutonium in Russia

Description: In this paper, we examine the logic and framework for the development of a capability to immobilize excess Russian weapons plutonium by the year 2004. The initial activities underway in Russia, summarized here, include engineering feasibility studies of the immobilization of plutonium-containing materials at the Krasnoyarsk and Mayak industrial sites. In addition, research and development (R&D) studies are underway at Russian institutes to develop glass and ceramic forms suitable for the immobi… more
Date: January 25, 1999
Creator: Borisov, G B; Jardine, L J & Mansourov, O A
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Status of immobilization of excess weapons plutonium in Russia

Description: In this paper, we examine the logic and framework for the development of a capability to immobilize excess Russian weapons plutonium by the year 2004. The initial activities underway in Russia, summarized here, include engineering feasibility studies of the immobilization of plutonium-containing materials at the Krasnoyarsk and Mayak industrial sites. In addition, research and development (R&D) studies are underway at Russian institutes to develop glass and ceramic forms suitable for the immobi… more
Date: February 3, 1999
Creator: Borisov, G B; Jardine, L & Mansourov, O A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selected Translated Abstracts of Russian-Language Climate-Change Publications, II. Clouds

Description: This report presents abstracts (translated into English) of important Russian-language literature concerning clouds as they relate to climate change. In addition to the bibliographic citations and abstracts translated into English, this report presents the original citations and abstracts in Russian. Author and title indexes are included, to assist the reader in locating abstracts of particular interest.
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Ravina, C. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Material protection, control and accounting cooperation at the Urals Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP), Novouralsk, Russia

Description: The Urals Electrochemical Integrated Plant is one of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy`s nuclear material production sites participating in the US Department of Energy`s Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) Program. The Urals Electrochemical Integrated Plant is Russia`s largest uranium enrichment facility and blends tons of high-enriched uranium into low enriched uranium each year as part of the US high-enriched uranium purchase. The Electrochemical Integrated Plant and six p… more
Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: McAllister, S., LLNL
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Commissioning Measurements and Experience Obtained from the Installation of a Fissile Mass Flow monitor in the URAL Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP) in Novouralsk

Description: The Blend Down Monitoring System (BDMS) equipment sent earlier to the Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP) at Novouralsk, Russia, was installed and implemented successfully on February 2, 1999. The BDMS installation supports the highly enriched uranium (HEU) Transparency Implementation Program for material subject to monitoring under the HEU purchase agreement between the United States of America (USA) and the Russian Federation (RF). The BDMS consists of the Oak Ridge National Laborato… more
Date: July 25, 1999
Creator: March-Leuba, J.; Mastal, E.; Powell, D.; Sumner, J.; Uckan, T. & Vines, V.
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PU Disposition in Russian VVERs: Physics Studies of Lead Test Assembly Design

Description: As part of Fissile Materials Disposition Program (FMDP) physics support was given to the design of a MOX lead test assembly (LTA) for use in Russian VVER nuclear reactors. This paper discusses some of the pertinent findings and assessments for two distinct LTA designs for weapons-grade (WG) Pu dispositioning in Russian VVER-1000 nuclear reactors. The two assessed MOX LTA designs are the graded-zone full MOX LTA and the Island LTA (2 central zones of MOX pins surrounded by UO{sub 2} pins). The p… more
Date: May 7, 2000
Creator: Ellis, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Site-wide physical inventory taking at IPPE

Description: As part of the US-Russian Cooperative Program of Material Protection, Control and Accounting, staff members of the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) have implemented procedures for taking physical inventory of nuclear materials at many of the facilities within the IPPE site. These include both large facilities, with substantial inventories and requiring dedicated inventory equipment and computers, and small facilities, with smaller amounts of material and subject to inventory by… more
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: Poplavko, V.Ya.; Efimenko, V.F. & Belov, A.P.
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A Roadmap and Discussion of Issues for Physics Analyses Required to Support Plutonium Disposition in VVER-1000 Reactors

Description: The purpose of this report is to document the physics analyses that must be performed to successfully disposition weapons-usable plutonium in VVER-1000 reactors in the Russian Federation. The report is a document to support programmatic and financial planning. It does not include documentation of the technical procedures by which physics analyses are performed, nor are the results of any analyses included.
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Primm, R.T.; Drischler, J.D. & Pavlovichev, A.M. Styrine, Y.A.
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Lessons learned from the first U.S./Russian Federation joint tabletop exercise to prepare for conducting on-site inspections under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Description: A U.S./Russian Federation Joint Tabletop Exercise took place in Snezhinsk, Russia, from 19 to 24 October 1998, whose objectives were the following: (1) To simulate the actions of the Inspection Team (IT), including interactions with the inspected State Party (ISP), in order to examine different ways the United States and Russian Federation (RF) approach inspections and develop appropriate recommendations for the international community. (2) To identify ambiguities and contradictions in the inte… more
Date: March 24, 1999
Creator: Filarowski, C.; Gough, R.; Hawkins, W.; Knowles, S.; Kreek, S.; MacLeod, G. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production of ra225 Precursor for ac225/bi213 Generators. Final Crada Report.

Description: Russian subcontractors shipped two small deliveries of Ra225 to PNNL for evaluation. The activity was close to the requisite amount in the subcontract. The first labeled properly; the second did not. This showed that the Russians could supply Ra225 to the US; however they proved unable to meet future demands for larger amounts of activity. The US DOE attempts to get Ra225 from Russian should be terminated; the Russians, under Rosatom, are not interested in this business.
Date: October 2, 2009
Creator: Ehst, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Russian Contract Procurement Document

Description: This contract supports the enhancement of physical protection or nuclear material control and accounting systems at institutes or enterprises of the newly independent states under the material protection control and accounting (MPC&A) program. The contract is entered into pursuant to the MPC&A Program, a gratuitous technical assistance program, in accordance with the bilateral Agreements between the Russian Federation and the United States of America concerning the Safe and Secure Trans… more
Date: March 29, 2010
Creator: Tobin, J G
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Material protection control and accounting program activities at the Urals electrochemical integrated plant

Description: The Urals Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP) is the Russian Federation`s largest uranium enrichment plant and one of three sites in Russia blending high enriched uranium (HEU) into commercial grade low enriched uranium. UEIP is located approximately 70 km north of Yekaterinburg in the closed city of Novouralsk (formerly Sverdlovsk- 44). DOE`s MPC&A program first met with UEIP in June of 1996, however because of some contractual issues the work did not start until September of 1997. The six… more
Date: November 14, 1997
Creator: McAllister, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cooperative efforts of the materials protection control and accounting program at the electrochemical plant (Krasnoyarsk-45) in Russia-011

Description: The USDOE Material Protection Control and Accountability Program (MPC&A) has established a Project Team with the goal of providing the Russian Electrochemical Plant (ECP) with equipment and training to enable ECP to evaluate, develop, and implement a comprehensive plan and systems for physical protection, material controls, and accountancy upgrades. The MPC&A project will provide for improvements such as risk assessments, access control upgrades, computerized MC&A, communications systems upgrad… more
Date: July 22, 1998
Creator: Moore, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S./Russian cooperative efforts to enhance nuclear MPC&A at VNIITF, (Chelyabinsk-70)

Description: The All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF) is one of the major sites in the nuclear weapons complex in Russia. The site contains a number of research facilities which use nuclear material as well as assembly, disassembly, and testing of prototypes (pilot samples) of nuclear weapons. VNIITF also has ties to the major nuclear materials production facilities in the Urals region of Russia. The objective of the U.S./Russian Materials Protection Control and Accounting… more
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Abramson, B.; Apt, K.; Blasy, J.; Bukin, D.; Churikov, Y.; Eras, A. et al.
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