COOPERATIVE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE–TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY CONTROLS FOR HAZARDOUS ITEMS, INCLUDING RADIOACTIVE OR EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS (HIREM), DURING THEIR STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND DESTRUCTION

摘要

In support of potential future strategic treaties, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense forAcquisition and Technology (OUSD(A&T)) asked the Defense Threat Reduction Agency(DTRA) Arms Control Technology Division to initiate a cooperative technology developmentprogram with the Russian scientific community. DTRA titled this program the CooperativeTechnology Initiative (CTI) and began efforts through Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) toidentify Russian defense laboratories and candidate technical projects. DTRA and SNLselected two Russian defense laboratories, the All-Russian Institute of Experimental Physics(VNIIEF) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA), to participate anddefined an initial project to be accomplished.To separate the initial project from potential future strategic arms control treaties andassociated negotiation issues, the initial CTI project is titled "Technology Development OfSafety And Security Controls For Hazardous Items, Including Radioactive Or ExplosiveMaterials (HIREM), During Their Storage, Transportation And Destruction." This project is aRussian analysis of the Russian "HIREM" dismantlement lifecycle and identification ofcandidate "control" technologies useful for further development. This paper describes theHIREM project, and shares the preliminary results of this multi-step effort.The HIREM project is conducted under the administrative auspices of the International Scienceand Technology Center (ISTC), and program technical support is provided by SNL.DynMeridian Corporation assists the DTRA Arms Control Technology Division as theScientific, Engineering and Technical Advisor (SETA) for this program.