COOPERATIVE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE – \"TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY CONTROLS FOR HAZARDOUS ITEMS, INCLUDING RADIOACTIVE OR EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS (HIREM), DURING THEIR STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND DESTRUCTION\"

In support of potential future strategic treaties, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (OUSD(A&T)) asked the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Arms Control Technology Division to initiate a cooperative technology development program with the Russian scientific community. DTRA titled this program the Cooperative Technology Initiative (CTI) and began efforts through Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to identify Russian defense laboratories and candidate technical projects. DTRA and SNL selected two Russian defense laboratories, the All-Russian Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA), to participate and defined an initial project to be accomplished. To separate the initial project from potential future strategic arms control treaties and associated negotiation issues, the initial CTI project is titled \"Technology Development Of Safety And Security Controls For Hazardous Items, Including Radioactive Or Explosive Materials (HIREM), During Their Storage, Transportation And Destruction.\" This project is a Russian analysis of the Russian \"HIREM\" dismantlement lifecycle and identification of candidate \"control\" technologies useful for further development. This paper describes the HIREM project, and shares the preliminary results of this multi-step effort. The HIREM project is conducted under the administrative auspices of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), and program technical support is provided by SNL. DynMeridian Corporation assists the DTRA Arms Control Technology Division as the Scientific, Engineering and Technical Advisor (SETA) for this program.