1. Nonproliferation Programs Teeter on Edge.
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Webster, Paul
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NUCLEAR nonproliferation , *TECHNOLOGY transfer , *DEALS - Abstract
Two Russian-American nuclear nonproliferation projects are in trouble. A 5-year-old deal governing the disposal of 34 tons of Russian weapons-grade plutonium expired last week. Supporters of these projects worry that the Nuclear Cities Initiative, which has spent $87 million since 1998 helping Russian weapons scientists find civilian work, could collapse next month. Negotiations to renew both agreements stalled after Russian officials refused a U.S. request to rewrite legal liability clauses so that they would match those included in other U.S.-Russian threat-reduction deals.
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- 2003
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