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START I (82-91) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. 1,600 SNDV’s. 6,000 "accountable” warheads Limits on how warheads deployed Expired 12/5/09. Arms Control Association Fact Sheet , Arms Control Association, Washington, DC. The Problem and Efforts.
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START I (82-91)Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty • 1,600 SNDV’s. • 6,000 "accountable” warheads • Limits on how warheads deployed • Expired 12/5/09 Arms Control Association Fact Sheet, Arms Control Association, Washington, DC.
The Problem and Efforts • Current stocks of HEU ~ 1,300-1,900 tonnes and current stocks of separated Pu ~ 475-525 tonnes • To date, the US has helped remove all the HEU from more than 47 facilities in countries around the world. • US/Russia HEU Purchase agreement (500 tonnes of HEU downblended to LEU for reactor fuel ($8 billion, ends in 2013) • US downblended175 tonnes • US/Russia Agreed to use 34 tonnes of excess Pu for reactor fuel