Year
2004
Abstract
The Scientific and Technical Center Mining and Chemical Combine (STC-MCC) is a Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (FAAE) nuclear facility located near the city of Zheleznogorsk, Russia. Located on the banks of the Yenisy River, the production facility is contained within a granite massif which houses both a reactor plant and a radiochemical plant. Prior to 1995, the facility was tasked with the production of plutonium oxides for shipment off-site. However, in 1995, the mission of the site changed to include provision of longer-term storage of nuclear materials produced as a result of site operations, a mission that continues today. This paper details the cooperative Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) Program efforts between the MCC team and the U.S. project team to implement integrated physical protection and protective force measures necessary to ensure continued safeguarding of nuclear materials at the site. These efforts include the upgrading and expansion of the existing plutonium storage area pending installation of a permanent storage area, the design and development of permanent storage, and the expansion of physical protection and protective force upgrades necessary to provide increased detection and response capabilities.