Russia's Nuclear Complex
location
Khar'kiv Physical-Technical Institute.

activity
Research in nuclear physics and other disciplines.

plutonium
No.

Weapons-grade uranium
Up to 75 kg of HEU enriched up to 90%.

IAEA safeguards status
Safeguarded.

comments
The HEU at Khar'kiv is in bulk form. In January 1995, the United States met separately with both Sweden and Finland to coordinate Material Protection Control & Accountability and physical protection assistance. The U.S. DOE completed a physical protection assessment report of Khar'kiv in September 1995 and has supplied MPC&A equipment, including hand-held metal and special nuclear material detectors, computer systems, and accounting software. MPC&A upgrades are scheduled to be completed by the end of 1997.

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