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Pugwash Meeting no. 295 7th Pugwash Workshop on the Future of the Nuclear Weapons Complexes of Russia and the USA Security of the Russian Nuclear Complex: International Assistance in Liquidation of Excess Fissile Materials St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-3 July 2004 Preliminary Agenda and Schedule
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Tuesday 29 June 2004 |
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| Arrival of those participants taking part in the pre-conference visit to the “Rubin” Submarine Design Complex on Wednesday | |
Wednesday 30 June 2004 |
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| Pre-conference visit to the “Rubin” Submarine Design Complex and discussion of status of submarine elimination and nuclear fuel reprocessing | |
Thursday 1 July 2004 |
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| 09.30-13.30 |
Conference Opening
/Welcoming Remarks / SESSION 1 1.1 Status of “10+10 over 10” international assistance program by mid-2004 1.2 Difference in priorities perception in Europe, USA and Russia: assessing distribution of efforts and funds between HEU, Pu, CWC and nuclear subs 1.3 Political and administrative aspects of announcing extra quantities of Russian HEU as excessive |
| 13.30 | Lunch |
| 15.00-18.00 |
SESSION 2 [16.30-16.45 break] Technical studies of HEU reprocessing (including Minatom/NIT study) |
| 19.00 | Dinner |
Friday 2 July 2004 |
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| 09.30-13.30 |
SESSION 3 [11.30-12.00 Break] 3.1 US-Russian HEU-LEU Deal: results of first 10 years and prospects of expediting in its second decade 3.2 Assessing costs of HEU faster elimination |
| 13.30 | Lunch |
| 15.00-18.00 |
SESSION 4 [16.30-16.45 Break] Four main sites of HEU reprocessing in Russia: situation in “nuclear cities”, economic and social aspects of HEU-LEU reprocessing |
| 19.00 | Dinner |
Saturday 3 July 2004 |
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| 09.30-11.00 |
SESSION 5 [11.00-11.30 Break] Prospects for including faster elimination of HEU in Russia into EU priorities |
| 11.30-13.00 |
SESSION 6 Elaborating recommendations on political, administrative and technical aspects of faster HEU elimination |
| 13.30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon | Some departures |
| 19.00 | Dinner for those departing on Sunday |
Sunday 4 July 2004 |
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| Remaining departures | |