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Under the Plutonium Management and Disposition Act, the United States and Russia have each agreed to dispose of no less than 34 metric tons of surplus weapons-grade plutonium by converting it into fuel for use in civilian nuclear reactors. The combined total of plutonium would be enough to produce more than 17,000 nuclear weapons. [Related Article]
[Answer: 16 Bulava SLBMs may be carried on the Yury Dolgoruky]
How many Bulava SLBMs will Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, be capable of carrying? [Related Article]
[Answer: 16 Bulava SLBMs may be carried on the Yury Dolgoruky]
How many on-site inspections has the United States conducted in Russia under the New START Treaty as of December 22, 2011?
[Answer: 16 on-site inspections]
How many years has the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program been operating?
[Answer: 20 years]
How many of the 936 submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) originally declared by the Soviet Union under the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program have been eliminated as of November 2011 [Nunn-Lugar Scorecard]
[Answer: 674 SLBMs have been eliminated by the CTR program, out of the 936 SLBMs originally declared.]
How many deployed and non-deployed launchers of ICBMs, deployed and non-deployed launchers of SLBMs, and deployed and non-deployed heavy bombers did the Russian Federation declare in the September 2011 data exchange under New START?
[Answer: 871]
Under New START, during Type One inspections, what is the maximum number of hours allowed for the period of inspection activities at an air base?
[Answer: 30 hours, although the period of inspection activities may be extended by up to eight hours by agreement with the in-country escort
–Treaty Protocol, Part Five, Section V, Paragraph 16 and 16(b)
How many metric tons of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and weapons grade plutonium have been secured in Kazakhstan through the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) program?
[Answer: 10 metric tons of HEU and three metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium have been secured in Kazakhstan
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[U.S.-Kazakhstani Nuclear Security Cooperation Fact Sheet]
As of September 2011, how many of the 13 categories on the Nunn Lugar Scorecard have been fully satisfied under the Cooperative Threat Reduction program?
[Answer: Four categories are 100 percent satisfied: 1) nuclear-to-air-to-surface missiles destroyed; 2) bombers eliminated; 3) nuclear test tunnels/holes sealed; and 4) nuclear weapons storage site security upgrades
[Nunn-Lugar Scorecard]
As of September 9, 2011 how many inspections have the United States and Russia conducted under New START?
[Answer: The United States has conducted nine inspections in Russia and Russia has conducted eight inspections in the United States.]
Of the over 2,000 nuclear tests carried out between 1945 and 1996, how many did the United States conduct?
[Answer: 1,054 nuclear tests.]
The International Monitoring System (IMS) will eventually include 16 laboratories and 321 monitoring stations. How many monitoring stations have been certified for use?
[Answer: 265 IMS monitoring stations are currently certified.]
Approximately how many notifications had the United States and Russia exchanged under New START as of July 28, 2011?
[Answer: Over 1,000.]
How many nuclear weapons could be made from the plutonium to be disposed of by the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA)?
[Answer: 17,000 nuclear weapons]
For how many years will the New START treaty be in effect?
[Answer: Ten. The New START treaty will be in effect for ten years (February 5, 2011 – February 5, 2021), unless the treaty is superseded or one of the Parties withdraws from the treaty. The Parties may also agree to extend the treaty for a period of no more than five years.]
What country is the latest to ratify the CTBT?
[Answer: Ghana]
How many CTBT signatory states are there and how many CTBT Annex 2 signatory states are there? (as of 16 May 2011)
[Answer: 182 CTBT Signatory States and 41 CTBT Annex 2 Signatory States Global map of CTBT signatories (as of May 2011)]
When did on-site inspections begin under New START?
[Answer: April 2011]
How many inspections were conducted by the United States and Russia under the START treaty before it expired on December 5, 2009?
[Answer: The U.S. conducted 659 inspections and Russia conducted 481 inspections.]
Which countries have an Additional Protocol in force with the IAEA?
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