The Russian NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Scientific Problems and
Unresolved Issues Remaining in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered
Vessels and in the Environmental Remediation ofTheir Supporting
Infrastructure," was held in Moscow, Russia at the Presidium of the
Russian Academy of Sciences on April 22-24, 2002. This was the third in
this series of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsored
workshops in Moscow on nuclear vessel decommissioning. The first one was
in June 1995 and served to focus international attention on the problems
of nuclear vessel decommissioning in Russia and elsewhere. The second
one was in November 1997 and it focused on the risks associated with
nuclear vessel decommissioning. Attendance at the current workshop was
approximately 100 with participants form Russia, United States, Norway,
France, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Korea, NATO, and the European Union.
The Workshop was sponsored and funded by the Security-Related Civil
Science and Technology Program of the Scientific and Environmental
Affairs Division ofNATO. Within Russia, the Workshop was sponsored and
supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Minatom of Russia,
Rossudostroenie, Ministry of Industry and Science of Russia, and the
Russian Navy. Within the U.S., the Workshop was supported by the U.S.
Department of Energy. The sponsorship and support of all of the above
organizations are gratefully acknowledged.