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09/03/2011
£4M For Nuclear Security Abroad
The UK will make a contribution of £4M to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Nuclear Security Fund for 2011-13.
This will support work to enhance global nuclear security. The contribution was made at the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting this week in Vienna.
Alongside this, the UK published the Global Threat Reduction Programme annual report for 2010. This sets out progress on reducing the threat of proliferation of dangerous nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical materials and expertise.
Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy said: “It is vital that we do all we can to secure nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological materials. Doing this directly benefits our national security.
“I am pleased that we are making substantial progress with this crucial work in Russia and the Former Soviet Union.”
The Ministry of Defence has completed all of its planned Chemical Weapons Destruction projects, with a total value of over £90m. The funding was provided by the UK, Canada and other international donors. These projects have played a key role in helping Russia to bring the Shchuch'ye chemical weapon destruction facility into operation, and destroy one third of the 1.9 million chemical weapons stored there. The Ministry of Defence is also continuing to implement projects in the Former Soviet Union and elsewhere which seek to reduce the risk that biological agents and expertise will be misused for weapons purposes.
During the past year, the Department has signed new agreements worth £1m with the US Department of State, the World Health Organization, and the World Organisation for Animal Health to support projects which meet shared health and security objectives.
(BMcN/GK)
This will support work to enhance global nuclear security. The contribution was made at the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting this week in Vienna.
Alongside this, the UK published the Global Threat Reduction Programme annual report for 2010. This sets out progress on reducing the threat of proliferation of dangerous nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical materials and expertise.
Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy said: “It is vital that we do all we can to secure nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological materials. Doing this directly benefits our national security.
“I am pleased that we are making substantial progress with this crucial work in Russia and the Former Soviet Union.”
The Ministry of Defence has completed all of its planned Chemical Weapons Destruction projects, with a total value of over £90m. The funding was provided by the UK, Canada and other international donors. These projects have played a key role in helping Russia to bring the Shchuch'ye chemical weapon destruction facility into operation, and destroy one third of the 1.9 million chemical weapons stored there. The Ministry of Defence is also continuing to implement projects in the Former Soviet Union and elsewhere which seek to reduce the risk that biological agents and expertise will be misused for weapons purposes.
During the past year, the Department has signed new agreements worth £1m with the US Department of State, the World Health Organization, and the World Organisation for Animal Health to support projects which meet shared health and security objectives.
(BMcN/GK)
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