Preventing Nuclear Meltdown: Managing Decentralization of Russia's Nuclear Complex
, by MOLTZ,JAMES CLAYNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780754642572 | 0754642577
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/28/2004
The decline in central financing for Russia's nuclear complex and the known interest of terrorist groups in acquiring fissile material and technologies, has made the state of Russia's far-flung nuclear enterprises a pressing international issue.In this important volume, a group of leading US and Russian policy experts - drawing on extensive interviews with officials, facility personnel, and analysts in Russia's regions - explores the intersecting problems of Russian nuclear insecurity and decentralization, including the growing influence of regional, political and economic forces.The work presents insights into both nuclear safety issues and post-Soviet intra-agency governance, as well as detailed case studies of critical nuclear regions: the Far East, the Urals, Siberia, and the Volga area. The volume also offers major new findings on the interface linking Russia's evolving center-periphery relations, its ailing nuclear facilities, and the role played by foreign assistance providers.