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addition, LLNL assists technical analysis and technology development, and assists regional security
efforts in policymaking and negotiations regarding various nonproliferation and arms control regimes.
The LLNL program provides reviews of export controlled equipment, materials and software, and
foreign customers, and analytical tools and technical references for use in developing recommendations
on U.S. export licensing applications, interdictions, international safeguards, physical protection,
technology assessments, policy support and nonproliferation assessments, multilateral outreach through
support efforts for policymaking and negotiations regarding various nonproliferation control regimes,
and international cooperation, primarily in the Former Soviet Union but increasingly in transit states as
well. The LLNL supports development of safeguards, tools and methodologies such as International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) environmental sampling and spent fuel monitoring techniques, as well
as training to foreign nationals as needed. The program also provides technical support on nuclear
safeguards, safety, and security to developing countries interested in nuclear power under the nuclear
infrastructure development efforts. The program provides instructors, curriculum development and
other support for export control outreach as well as analytical services in support of border security
capacity building outreach efforts and technical assistance support for nuclear forensics engagement
program. The LLNL further participates in projects that engage former weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) scientists and engineers in civilian activity, redirecting their expertise to peaceful purposes and
integrating them into the larger international scientific business communities.
International Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation (INMP&C)
The INMP&C program provides operational experience in civilian and defense nuclear material
protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A) in combination with institutional expertise in nuclear
energy, international and domestic safeguards, and the assessment of the proliferation impacts on U.S.
national security of foreign nuclear energy programs. The LLNL provides security and engineering
expertise in support of international MPC&A activities at several Russian Navy, Civilian, and Rosatom
Weapons Complex sites. In FY 2012, MPC&A will continue to support sustainability and infrastructure
projects for Ministry of Defense, Rosatom, Rostekhnadzor, Ministry of Transportation, and the Russian
Shipbuilding Agency with efforts in regulatory development and implementation and a national
accounting system.
Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI)
The LLNL provides significant technical, scientific, and management expertise to two of the three key
subprograms of GTRI–Remove and Protect–supporting the comprehensive GTRI approach to achieving
its mission to reduce and protect vulnerable nuclear and radiological material worldwide, and denying
terrorists access to nuclear and radiological materials that could be used in weapons of mass destruction
or other acts of terrorism. The Nuclear and Radiological Material Removal subprogram supports the
removal and disposal of excess, vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials from civilian sites
worldwide. The Nuclear and Radiological Material Protection subprogram supports the securing of
international and domestic buildings containing high priority nuclear and radiological materials
worldwide from theft and sabotage.
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