U.S.-GERMAN COOPERATION IN THE ELIMINATION OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM -- Copyright -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Context -- 1.1. URGENCY AND PROBLEM -- 1.2. RELEVANT EXISTING STUDIES -- 1.2.1. The National Academy of Sciences Study -- 1.2.2. The Status of the Implementation of the NAS Study Recommendations -- Declarations and Transparency -- Dismantlement -- Intermediate Storage -- Disposition -- 1.2.3. The German/Russian Study -- 1.3. OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR POTENTIAL COLLABORATION -- 1.3.1. WPu Disposition Using MOX -- 1.3.2. Vitrification of WPu with High Level Waste -- 1.3.3. Comparison of the MOX and Vitrification Option for the Disposal of WPu -- 1.3.4. Material Protection, Control, and Accounting -- Chapter 2: Assistance, Infrastructure, and Policies -- 2.1. WESTERN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIAN DISARMAMENT -- 2.1.1. U.S. Assistance -- 2.1.2. European and Other Western Assistance -- 2.1.3. Assessment of Activities -- 2.2. RUSSIAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY -- 2.2.1. Experience with MOX Use and Fabrication -- 2.2.2. Experience with Vitrification -- 2.2.3. Evolution of Russian Nuclear Policy -- 2.3. GERMAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY -- 2.3.1. Experience with MOX Use and Fabrication -- 2.3.2. Experience with Vitrification -- 2.3.3. German Nuclear Policy and Infrastructure -- Chapter 3: Principles for German Participation -- 3.1. PRINCIPLES OF GERMAN PARTICIPATION -- 3.2. THE SAFEGUARDING OF RUSSIAN AND GERMAN ACTIVITIES -- Chapter 4: Recommendations for German Participation -- 4.1. MATERIALS PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING -- 4.2. INTERMEDIATE STORAGE -- 4.3. RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISPOSITION OPTIONS -- 4.3.1. The "Hanau Option" -- 4.3.2. A Large MOX Fabrication Plant in Russia -- 4.3.3. A Small MOX Fabrication Facility -- 4.3.4. A Small Pilot Vitrification Facility -- Chapter 5: Summary of Recommendations.

INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS -- MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING (MPC&A) -- INTERMEDIATE STORAGE -- THE "HANAU OPTION" -- A LARGE MOX FABRICATION PLANT IN RUSSIA -- SMALL MOX FABRICATION FACILITY -- SMALL PILOT VITRIFICATION FACILITY -- Appendix A: Executive Summary of the NAS Plutonium Study -- PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- CRITERIA AND CONTEXT -- World Stocks of Fissile Materials -- The International Environment -- THE PROPOSED WEAPONS AND FISSILE MATERIALS REGIME -- Internationalizing the Regime -- INTERMEDIATE STORAGE -- Present and Planned Arrangements -- A New Storage Regime -- LONG-TERM DISPOSITION -- Categories, Criteria, and Standards -- The Preferred Approaches -- The Spent Fuel Option -- The Vitrification Option -- The Deep-Borehole Option -- Other Approaches -- Beyond the Spent Fuel Standard -- THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Declarations And Dismantlement -- Intermediate Storage -- Disposition -- Total Plutonium Inventories -- Appendix B: WPu Disposition Using MOX -- B.1 TECHNICAL -- B.2 MOX OPERATING EXPERIENCE IN REACTORS -- B.3 MOX FABRICATION -- Appendix C: WPu Disposition Through Vitrification with HLW -- C.1 TECHNOLOGY -- C.2 EXPERIENCE WITH VITRIFICATION -- Appendix D: Participants in the Bonn Workshop -- Co-Chairmen -- Participants -- Appendix E: Abbreviations.