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U.S.-Russian Plutonium Disposition Agreements Enter Into Force

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

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The U.S. and Russia yesterday took another step forward in their efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons grade materials and reduce nuclear dangers. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday exchanged diplomatic notes bringing the U.S.-Russian Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement and its 2006 and 2010 Protocols into force, the department said in a statement. The amended Agreement commits each country to dispose of no less than 34 metric tons of excess weapon-grade plutonium, under strict…

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