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U.S.-ARMENIA COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH AN ARMENIAN NUCLEAR FORENSICS LAB
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/18/u-s-armenia-cooperative-effort-to-establish-an-armenian-nuclear-forensics-lab/
12:20 18.01.2013
On January 18, Ambassador John A. Heffern joined officials from the
Armenian Ministry of Energy and National Security Service to open the
Armenian Nuclear Forensics Laboratory at the Armenian Nuclear Power
Plant (ANPP). The U.S. Department of State's Preventing Nuclear
Smuggling Program (PNSP) partnered with the ANPP to establish a
Laboratory for Technical and Forensic Analysis of Nuclear and
Radioactive Materials as part of a joint effort to strengthen
Armenian capabilities to respond to the transnational threat of
nuclear smuggling.
The laboratory will allow Armenia to collect nuclear and radiologically
contaminated evidence at crime scenes and perform technical analysis
necessary to support the prosecution of smugglers.
New opportunities will arise for Armenia to cooperate with governments
investigating illicit uses of nuclear material. Additionally, the
facility will advance aspects of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit
work plan discussed at the 2012 summit in the Republic of Korea.
PNSP is a U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security
and Nonproliferation, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
(ISN/WMDT) program. PNSP is working globally to counter nuclear
smuggling. Improving nuclear forensics best practices and cooperation
enables countries to counter nuclear smuggling by furthering their
ability to determine material origin and prosecuting smugglers.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/18/u-s-armenia-cooperative-effort-to-establish-an-armenian-nuclear-forensics-lab/
12:20 18.01.2013
On January 18, Ambassador John A. Heffern joined officials from the
Armenian Ministry of Energy and National Security Service to open the
Armenian Nuclear Forensics Laboratory at the Armenian Nuclear Power
Plant (ANPP). The U.S. Department of State's Preventing Nuclear
Smuggling Program (PNSP) partnered with the ANPP to establish a
Laboratory for Technical and Forensic Analysis of Nuclear and
Radioactive Materials as part of a joint effort to strengthen
Armenian capabilities to respond to the transnational threat of
nuclear smuggling.
The laboratory will allow Armenia to collect nuclear and radiologically
contaminated evidence at crime scenes and perform technical analysis
necessary to support the prosecution of smugglers.
New opportunities will arise for Armenia to cooperate with governments
investigating illicit uses of nuclear material. Additionally, the
facility will advance aspects of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit
work plan discussed at the 2012 summit in the Republic of Korea.
PNSP is a U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security
and Nonproliferation, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
(ISN/WMDT) program. PNSP is working globally to counter nuclear
smuggling. Improving nuclear forensics best practices and cooperation
enables countries to counter nuclear smuggling by furthering their
ability to determine material origin and prosecuting smugglers.