Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Special Weapons Reports
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GAO WMD Reports - Subcategories

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Cooperative Threat Reduction
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Chemical and Biological Weapons
Department of Energy

Cooperative Threat Reduction

• 2010 Resubmission of the U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Further Actions Needed by State and Other Agencies to Improve the Review of the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment, GAO-10-1039R, Sep 21, 2010
• U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement: Interagency Process Used to Develop the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Needs to Be Strengthened, GAO-09-743R, Jun 30, 2009
• Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities, GAO-08-483, Apr 22, 2008
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE Needs to Reassess Its Program to Assist Weapons Scientists in Russia and Other Countries GAO-08-434T January 23, 2008
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE's Program to Assist Weapons Scientists in Russia and Other Countries Needs to Be Reassessed GAO-08-189 December 12, 2007
• Nuclear Safety: Construction of the Protective Shelter for the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Faces Schedule Delays, Potential Cost Increases, and Technical Uncertainties GAO-07-923 July 19, 2007
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE's International Radiological Threat Reduction Program Needs to Focus Future Efforts on Securing the Highest Priority Radiological Sources GAO-07-282, January 31, 2007 [PDF 8.66MB]
• Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Needs More Reliable Data to Better Estimate the Cost and Schedule of the Shchuch'ye Facility, GAO-06-692, May 31, 2006
• FY 2006 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. GAO-05-780R, July 1, 2005.
• Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Has Improved Its Management and Internal Controls, but Challenges Remain. GAO-05-329, June 30, 2005.
• Nuclear Weapons: Preliminary Results of Review of Campaigns to Provide Scientific Support for the Stockpile Stewardship Program (GAO-05-636R), April 29, 2005 [PDF 139 Kb]
• PREVENTING NUCLEAR SMUGGLING DOE Has Made Limited Progress in Installing Radiation Detection Equipment at Highest Priority Foreign Seaports (GAO-05-375), March 2005 [PDF 2.5 Mb]
• FY 2005 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (GAO-04-930R), July 9, 2004 [PDF 215 Kb]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: Defense Threat Reduction Agency Addresses Broad Range of Threats, but Performance Reporting Can Be Improved. (GAO-04-330), February 13, 2004 [PDF 1.57 MB]

• FY 2004 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (GAO-03-1008R) July 18, 2003 [PDF 1.85 Mb]
• FY 2003 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, April 8, 2003 (GAO-03-627R) [PDF 44 Kb]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: Additional Russian Cooperation Needed to Facilitate U.S. Efforts to Improve Security at Russian Sites, March 24, 2003 (GAO-03-482) [PDF 10.5 Mb]
• WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Observations on U.S. Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs in Russia, March 5, 2003 (GAO-03-526T) [PDF 77 Kb]

• Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Annual Report December 2, 2002 (GAO-03-341R) [PDF 147 Kb]
• Biological Weapons: Effort to Reduce Former Soviet Threat Offers Benefits, Poses New Risks [NSIAD-00-138] 04/28/2000. [PDF Version 940 Kb]
• Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD's 1997-98 Reports on Accounting for Assistance Were Late and Incomplete [NSIAD-00-40] 03/15/2000. [PDF Version]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: U.S. Efforts to Reduce Threats From the Former Soviet Union [T-NSIAD/RCED-00-119] 03/06/2000

• Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Has Adequate Oversight of Assistance, but Procedural Limitations Remain, (19-JUN-01, GAO-01-694).
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: State Department Oversight of Science Centers Program, (10-MAY-01, GAO-01-582). [PDF 389 Kb]

• Foreign Assistance: International Efforts to Aid Russia's Transition Have Had Mixed Results, (Chapter Report, 11/01/2000, GAO/GAO-01-8). [PDF 1.61 Mb]
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: Concerns With DOE's Efforts to Reduce the Risks Posed by Russia's Unemployed Weapons Scientists (Chapter Report, 02/19/99, GAO/RCED-99-54). [PDF Version 1 Mb]

• Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety: Uncertainties About the Implementation of U.S.-Russian Plutonium Disposition Efforts (Letter Report, 01/14/98, GAO/RCED-98-46). [PDF Version]

• Cooperative Threat Reduction: Review of DOD's June 1997 Report on Assistance Provided GAO/NSIAD-97-218, September 5, 1997. [PDF Version]
• Cooperative Threat Reduction: Status of Defense Conversion Efforts in the Former Soviet Union. NSIAD-97-101. April 11, 1997. [PDF Version]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD Reporting on Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance Has Improved. NSIAD-97-84. February 27, 1997.

• Nuclear Weapons: Russia's Request for the Export of U.S. Computers for Stockpile Maintenance (Stmnt. for the Rec., 09/30/96, GAO/T-NSIAD-96-245). [PDF Version]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: Status of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Letter Report, 09/27/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-222). [PDF Version]
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: Status of U.S. Efforts to Improve Nuclear Material Controls in Newly Independent States (Chapter Report, 03/08/96, GAO/NSIAD/RCED-96-89). [PDF Version 876 Kb]

• Nuclear Safety: Concerns with Nuclear Facilities and Other Sources of Radiation in the Former Soviet Union (Letter Report, 11/07/95, GAO/RCED-96-4). [PDF Version]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD Report Accounting for Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance Needs Improvement, GAO Report NSIAD-95-191, 9/29/95.
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: Reducing the Threat From the Former Soviet Union: An Update, GAO Report NSIAD-95-165, 6/9/95. [PDF Version 6.95 Mb]
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: Reducing the Threat from the Former Soviet Union, GAO Report NSIAD-95-7, 10/6/94. [PDF Version 4.27 Mb]

• Arms Control: Status of U.S.-Russian Agreements and the Chemical Weapons Convention (Chapter Report, GAO/NSIAD-94-136, 03/15/94)