US Department of Energy (DOE)/Gosatomnadzor (GAN) of Russia Project at the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)*

The Russian Academy of Science B. P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), located 45 kilometers from St. Petersburg, operates facilities to research basic nuclear physics. Current world conditions require particular attention to the issue of Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) of nuclear materials. This paper presents a summary of work accomplished within the scope of the DOE-GAN Agreement to reduce vulnerability to theft of direct-use nuclear materials in Russia. Sandia National Laboratories is the lead DOE lab for this MPC&A upgrade project with PNPI.