Project and Program Offices
Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
and Technology Centers
This area includes the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program
(GIPP) and
the U.S. Department of State (DOS) International Science and
Technology Centers. The key objective of these programs is to
support nonproliferation in the area of nuclear, biological and
chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) by providing assistance
in establishing sustainable non-weapon related jobs for the
scientists and engineers in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former
Soviet Union, as well as Iraq and Libya, who possess current or prior, direct or indirect WMD
experience.
US DOE GIPP Program
The
two main components of this program are the
Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) and
Nuclear Cities Initiative (NCI). The IPP program
includes activities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus,
Armenia, and Uzbekistan. It
operates by promoting joint research and development between three
entities: the NIS institute (or a company created using its former
employees), a national laboratory, and a U.S. Company. The U.S.
Company participates through a Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (CRADA) with the national laboratory by matching the DOE
contribution by its own funds-in-kind, expertise, and technologies. The NIS
institute has a direct contract with the national laboratory.
The NCI program was created by the U.S. DOE to assist
in the creation of jobs for scientists at Russian nuclear closed cities.
The projects are jointly developed by U.S. laboratory and Russian
businesses located or newly established in the closed cities.
Three closed cities participate in the NCI program: Sarov,
Snezhinsk, and Zhelezngorsk. BNL currently has approximately 20
active IPP projects and 3 NCI projects.
US DOS Science and Technology
Center Program
This program includes two similar
in approach multilateral government-to-government programs for the NIS
countries: International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) in
Moscow, Russia, and Science and Technology Center of Ukraine
(STCU) in Kiev. The ISTC program is funded mainly by the U.S.,
European Union, Canada and Japan and was established in 1992. STCU is funded by the U.S., European Union,
and Canada and was established in 1993. The proposals are submitted by NIS scientists to the
Centers, reviewed by different funding countries, and selected for
funding.
For more information please contact Upendra S. Rohatgi, Program
Manager at 631-344-2475
rohatgi@bnl.gov.
DOE MPC&A Technical Survey Team
The Technical Survey Team (TST) is a group of safeguards technical
experts with extensive nuclear materials physical security, control
and accountability, design, implementation, inspection, evaluation
and management experience. The TST reports its findings to the Assistant Deputy
Administrator of NNSA, who is Director of the DOE Material
Protection, Control and Accountability Program (MPC&A). TST's
mandate is to provide ongoing, independent, objective, focused
advice and information to the Director and his staff to support
effective, consistent, and efficient implementation of the Program.
The TST performs this function in large part through conducting
annual progress reviews of all MPC&A Projects, analyzing the
information obtained in these reviews and providing the Program
Director with both summary and comprehensive reports on each
project. Much of the technical evaluation and management of these
projects result from the TST reviews and recommendations contained
in each report. In addition to the project reviews, the TST also
reviews and provides feedback to the Program Director on proposed
MPC&A Project Work Plans for each fiscal year.
For more information please contact John Lemming, Project
Lead at 631-344-2669 jlemming@bnl.gov.
International Safeguards Project Office
 The
International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO) is responsible for
the day-to-day technical and administrative management of the U.S.
Support Program (USSP) to IAEA Safeguards. ISPO works with the IAEA
Department of Safeguards and the U.S. interagency Subgroup on
Safeguards Technical Support to transfer technology available in the
U.S. private and public sectors to the IAEA for increased
effectiveness and efficiency in the implementation of IAEA
safeguards. The U.S. has sponsored nearly 800 tasks to provide
technical assistance in measurement technology, containment and
surveillance, information technology, training, procedures, quality
assurance, environmental sampling and remote monitoring. ISPO
also assists in recruiting U.S. citizens for positions in the
IAEA Department of Safeguards.
For more information please contact Susan Pepper, Project Head at
631-344-5979 pepper@bnl.gov.
Center for International Security Studies
A Center has been established to work in the interface between
technology and policy in the area of international security.
The Center's mission is to (a) Encourage another generation of
technically trained people to enter this exciting field, and (b)
Enhance the understanding and teaching of this subject in academia
and to enrich our existing staff and programs by interactions with a
set of people with diverse backgrounds. Programs at the Center
include such ingredients as summer institutes for students, a
visiting internship program for academics, a senior visitor program
for experts in the field to interact with our existing staff, and
workshops on current "hot" topics with nationally recognized
speakers, resulting in a series of written proceedings.
For more information, please contact Mark Sakitt, Project
Lead at 631-344-3812
sakitt@bnl.gov.
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