State Committee on Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine 3 Verl hovooj Rady bvd Kiev Ukraine 253100 TEL 044 559-6962 FAX 044 559-5344 JUL 2 4 1992 Major General William Burns U S Department of State S NST Room 2422 Washington DC 20520 At the meeting with the Ukrainian delegation on July 10 1992 you requested that the Ukraine provide a statement of requirements by July 31 1992 In response to this request enclosed is a statement of Ukraine requirements for· support in the areas of material control and accounting and physical protection This statement of requirements has been developed in coordinatio n with officials from the U S Department of Energy and the U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission As noted in these requirements we suggest that a working group be established to facilitate the planning and execution of the requested program If this approach is acceptable I will assign to this group Mr Andrei Glukhov Head of the Safeguards Division State Committee on Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine We hope that these requirements are acceptable and that the requested support can commence immediately upon conclusion of the agreement In this regard we would recommend the working group meet immediately following the conclusion of the agreement to work out a detailed schedule of activities and to visit prospective sites for the model facilities Sincerely _ _--·-- tf f U l 1A11 N Shteinberg Chairman Enclosure cc As stated R F Burnett NRC K Sanders DOE From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Dear General Burns Enclosure REQUIREMENTS FOR u s -UKRAINE COOPERATION TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION IN UKRAINE OVERVIEW This document describes requirements for a program of cooperation between the United States and Ukraine to develop and implement national systems of material control and accounting MC A and physical protection in Ukraine According to the Lisbon Initiatives the Government of Ukraine intends to accede in the fall of 1992 to the Tre ty on the Non-Prolifer ation of Nuclear Weapons NPT as a nonnuclear weapons state As a party to the NPT Ukraine will seek to conclude a safeguards agreement with the Internationa l Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Further Ukraine intends to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group NSG and recognizes that safeguards are required under internationa l export control guidelines U S technical assistance under the proposed program will support Ukrainian efforts to implement effective domestic safeguards as well as to fulfill NPT IAEA and NSG obligations The program of cooperation will be implemented under an intergovernm ental agreement between the United States and· Ukraine The program should provide for U S technical assistance in the assessment of needs and the planning and implementatio n of specific projects to address those needs The activities described in this document are proposed to address Ukrainian nuclear safeguards requirements at both the national and facility levels Further activities may be identified and undertaken based on the ongoing assessment of needs For the purpose of planning and execution a U S Ukraine working group will be established upon conclusion of the intergovernm ental agreement and initiation of the program Consistent with Ukrainian priorities U S technical assistance will initially focus on MC A requirements of the Ukrainian national authority and specific facilities Ukraine will provide by the end of calendar year 1992 specific information for U S assistance to address physical protection requirements 2 SCOPE The u s -Ukraine program of cooperation is expected to address requirements at both the facility and national levels for expert consulting training and equipment in support of Ukrainian domestic and IAEA safeguards objectives U S assistance at the national level is anticipated to address development of regulations and an 1 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive 1 inspe ction progr am devel opme nt of safeg uards organ izatio ns and staff ing and techn ical suppo rt funct ions It is antic ipate d that the U S techn ical exper ts consu lt at both the natio nal and facil ity level s will Train ing of facil ity perso nnel and staff of the Ukrai nian natio nal autho rity may inclu de both classr oom activ ities and tempo rary assig nmen ts of U S and Ukrai nian perso Appr opria te equip ment such as comp uters will be nnel provi to addre ss Ukra inian requi remen ts for infor matio n trackded and repor ting at both the natio nal and facil ity level s ing Measu remen t instru ment ation will be provi dedf as appro priate to suppo rt nucle ar mate rial measu remen ts by the natio nal autho rity and indiv idual facil ities 3 REQUESTED AREAS OF COOPERATION A Natio nal level MC A system in suppo rt of dome stic and inter natio nal safeg uards 1 2 assis t in devel oping text for Ukrai nian autho rizin g legis latio n to suppo rt MC A requi reme nts assis t in defin ing organ izatio nal struc ture and MC A regul atory proce ss 3 assis t in devel oping regul atory docum ents regu latio ns guide s techn ical repor ts and inspe ction proce dures 4 assis t in devel oping a techn ical suppo rt progr am for regul atory funct ions to inclu de measu remen t metho ds equip ment proce dures and calib ratio n stand ards 5 provi de assoc iated train ing and assis t in imple menta tion of techn ical suppo rt funct ions inclu ding insta llatio n and imple menta tion of measu remen t instru ment ation 2 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Facil ity-le vel activ ities are antic ipate d to inclu de assis tance in estab lishin g a pilot safeg uards progr am U S at each Ukrai nian facil ity type to serve as a model for other sites and in exten ding safeg uards to the other Ukrai sites The facil ities to be addre ssed curre ntly inclunian de 15 nucle ar power react or units two resea rch react ors and one nucle ar resea rch and devel opme nt insti tute The Ukra inian natio nal autho rity is in the proce ss of estab lishin the total nucle ar mate rial inven tory in Ukrai ne and mayg ident ify addit ional facil ities based its findi ngs assist in develo ping and implem enting a nation al inspec tion program 7 provide trainin g for regula tory person nel licens ing staff and inspec tors 8 assist in develo ping a materi al trackin g and reporti ng system to include 9 B • identif ying inform ation system require ments requir ed system capab ilities • develop ing and implem enting proced ures for comput er center operat ions and provid ing associa ted trainin g for nation al system person nel and • develop ing reporti ng instruc tions and trainin g program s for operat or person nel and provide comput er equipm ent and softwa re and associa ted trainin g in suppor t of the nation al inform ation system and related MC A elemen ts MC A system for facilit ies in suppor t of domest ic and IAEA safegua rds require ments U S assista nce will focus initial ly on the develop ment and implem entatio n of model safegu ards system s at selecte d sites The United States will assist first in enhanc ing curren t manual MC A system s at the facilit ies and subseq uently in establi shing automa ted MC A system s U S activi ties are anticip ated to include 1 assist in identif ying improv ements for existin g elemen ts of MC A system s 2 define specif ication s for needed improv ements 3 for identif ied improv ements develo p as necess ary and provide proced ures instrum entatio n for nuclea r materi al measur ements if needed and system s for record s and reporti ng for model facilit ies 4 provide comput er equipm ent hardw are and softwa re and associa ted trainin g for MC A system s 5 assist in install ation and train operat ing person nel at model facilit ies in use of equipm ent and proced ures 3 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive 6 6 Phy sica l prot ecti on Ther e is stro ng Ukr aini an inte rest in U S assi stan ce in the area of phy sica l pro tect ion How ever Ukr aini an nati ona l reso urce s do not perm it iden tific atio n of need s at this time It is requ este d how ever that the U S -Uk rain e prog ram prov ide for coo pera tion in this area Ukr aini an need s will be iden tifie d in Nove mber 1992 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive C ass ist in tran sfer ring impr ovem ents to ac iliti es base d on imp lem enta tion at othe r the mod el fac ilit ies 4