The National Nuclear Security Administration Global Threat Reduction Initiative’s (GTRI), Remove Program supports permanent threat reduction by eliminating stockpiles of excess weapons usable nuclear materials located at civilian sites throughout the world. This material, if stolen or diverted, poses a significant risk to U.S. national security. In response to this potential threat, GTRI started an initiative in 2004 to accelerate efforts to recover U.S. and Soviet-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from around the world. GTRI also is working to remove “gap” nuclear materials that are outside of the scope of the existing Russian-origin and U.S.-origin HEU removal programs. This paper summarizes the accomplishments and plans for removing and disposing of this material.
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