RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 86, Part I, 4 May 2001
LOW SALARIES MAY LEAD NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS TO WORK ABROAD. A study prepared by Valentin Tikhonov for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace that was released this week said that nuclear and missile scientists now earn so little from their regular jobs that they must take part time positions and that many of them might consider either selling nuclear materials in their possession to foreign governments or hiring themselves out to those governments, AP reported on 1 May. Such a "brain drain," the study concludes, could lead to the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies. PG
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