A.A. Bochvar
All-Russian Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM) (Moscow).
Research
on weapons-grade materials.
Yes.
Yes.
Unsafeguarded.
The Institute is involved in the handling and analyzing of MOX fuel
and conducts research into spent fuel reprocessing and waste-treatment
technology. In early 1994, Russia's nuclear regulatory agency, Gosatomnadzor
ordered certain activities at this facility to shut down for six months because
of lax arrangements for protecting plutonium at the site.