U.S. supercomputers that will help Russia keep its nuclear potential secure and efficient

New York 04 Oct 99 Russia and the United States seek to establish a tougher control over the nuclear safety of the countries, which signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the New York Times writes. The agreement should include the access of Russian nuclear specialists to U.S. supercomputers that will help Russia keep its nuclear potential secure and efficient.

The newspaper summed up the results of the Russian-American Moscow consultations on nuclear safety and the outcome of U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's recent visit to several Russian nuclear centres.

The newspaper notes that Richardson put forth several initiatives on the nuclear monitoring within the CTBT treaty. In particular, he said U.S. specialists should visit a military range in the Novaya Zemlya.

Russian Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov said he is ready to discuss the U.S. initiatives and insisted that the new measures if they are to be coordinated will become the part of a bilateral agreement between the two countries. The agreement should include the access of Russian nuclear specialists to U.S. supercomputers that will help Russia keep its nuclear potential secure and efficient.

As of today the CTBT treaty was signed by 154 governments, including the United States, but it was approved only by 47 governments. This week U.S. legislators will begin hearings and hold a final voting on the ratification of the treaty on October 12.

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