Russia's Nuclear Complex
location
Zlatoust-36 (Renamed: Trekhgomyy).

activity
Nuclear warhead assembly, dismantlement, and storage.

plutonium
Yes.

Weapons-grade uranium
Yes

IAEA safeguards status
Unsafeguarded.

comments
According to a 1995 report, U.S. satellite imagery indicates that most of the nuclear warhead dismantlement by Russia thus far has taken place at Zlatoust-36.

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