ISTC’s mission for Non Proliferation

and Scientific Cooperation

Yu Takagi
Outline of my presentation:
 Historical Background
 ISTC’s Organization and Mission
 ISTC Projects
 Challenges for a world without nuclear weapons
Historical Background
 Nuclear Arms Race between US and Soviet in
the Cold war
From “Vertical” to “Horizontal” Proliferation
 Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
 Shifting from MAD to “Asymmetric Threat”
 Problems of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
 Came into force on March 5th 1970
 Defines 5 nuclear countries which developed nuclear
weapons before January 1st 1967
 Oppositions to the inequality
 Emerging of Non-State Actor (Nuclear Terrorism)
After The collapse of the Soviet Union
 Brain drain of weapon scientists
 Danger of proliferation increased
 New framework for nonproliferation
The Establishment of ISTC
 Founded in 1992 by US, Russia, EU and Japan to
support career changes of the weapon scientists
 Started its operation in 1994
 Following years, Norway, S. Korea and Canada
joined
ISTC Office
 Headquarters is located in Moscow
 6 branch offices in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan
 200 officers from 20 countries
Mission for Non Proliferation since 1994
Over 70,000 scientists engaged in RF and CIS
Supports 1025 institutes
Funded more than 2,440 projects
USD 745 Million Dollars
 37 Nations engage in technology cooperation
and nonproliferation
Technology Area of projects

S pa c e , A irc ra f t a nd
S urf a c e
T ra ns po rt a t io n
3%
A gric ult ure B io t e c hno lo gy a nd
P hys ic s
4% Lif e S c ie nc e s
O t he r B a s ic S c ie nc e s 16 %
13 %
1%
O t he r
C he m is t ry
1%
10 %
N o n- N uc le a r E ne rgy
1%
M e dic ine
5%
M a t e ria ls E nv iro nm e nt
8% 18 %
M a nuf a c t uring F us io n F is s io n R e a c t o rs
T e c hno lo gy 1% 7%
5%
Ins t rum e nt a t io n Inf o rm a t io n a nd
3% C o m m unic a t io ns
4%
Nuclear Research
 Safety of nuclear plants
 Management of nuclear waste
material
 Application of nuclear
technology to medical research
 Dismantle of nuclear submarine
Aerospace research

 Wind tunnel
simulation for safety
and cost saving
Nanotechnology research
 Hydrogen gas generator development
Engine control system

Gas Injectors Syn-Gas Supply Line Syn-Gas Generator

New medicine and clinical test
Industrial Material Development
HSS “Blast Maker” is a multi-facet
product involving software &
hardware to collect, transfer and
process data for drilling and blasting
operations at open pits. It optimizes
the drilling and blasting and achieves
best rock fracture. Tests now being
carried out in a major mine in Brazil.
Commercialization underway.
 Partner Project
 Matching Seeds and Needs
 ISTC’s supports
 Institute: Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetic
Partner: Hitachi Kokusai Electrics
Attends technology events and exhibition

Organizes the academic conference

 Cost Benefits
Direct contract between Institutes and Companies
apparatus

Others
Employment Social Security Income and Indirect
Tax Cost
Cost Tax materials

Commission

Project via ISTC

0 50 100 150 200

ISTC Partners in 2010 – Over 400
Where are secret cities?
President Obama’s Speech in Prague
 President calls for a world without nuclear
weapons
 Negotiation with Russia to cut nuclear arms
 Suggestion for the establishment of “Nuclear
Bank”
Francis Fukuyama “The End of History (1992)”

“…For even if one could destroy modern weapons

and the specific knowledge how to produce them,
one could not eliminate the memory of the
method that made their production possible.”
p.87-88

Is the ultimate elimination of nuclear arms

impossible?
Management of Dual-Use Technology
 Dual-Use Technology can be used for both
peaceful and military aims
 Developing countries have rights to utilize the
technology for development
 For example, the nuclear power in Iran has to
be respected in the context of its development
 However, it might be converted for military use
Спасибо! Thank you for your attention.