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Facilities of CW Stockpiling and Destruction

Facilities of CW stockpiling and destruction
Plan for destruction of chemical weapons at the CWDF in Gornyi (Saratov region)
Plan for the construction and operation of chemical weapons destruction facilities (with US financial and technical assistance)
Plan for the construction and operation of chemical weapons destruction facilities (without US financial and technical assistance)


Plan for the construction and operation of chemical weapons destruction facilities
(with US financial and technical assistance)

The Russian plans for the construction of chemical weapons destruction facilities (CWDF) were developed on the basis of the conditions set by the US Congress for non-refundable financial assistance to Russia in the field of chemical disarmament. The Russian Federation took steps to implement those conditions, in connection, inter alia, with an increase in Russia's own budgetary allocations, and with the destruction at the CWDF "Shchuchye" of chemical munitions filled with organophosphorus agents which are presently stored in different regions of Russia. The Russian Federation expects the United States to meet its obligations under the bilateral Agreement of 1996 and to finance the construction of the first stage of the production area of the facility in Shchuchye.

With the guidance of our obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention in mind, the following deadlines for building the chemical weapons destruction facilities have been set:

The CWDF near the town of Shchuchye (Kurgan region):

The first stage of the facility, which has a capacity of 1,700 MT per year and is designed for destruction of the artillery munitions filled with organophosphorus agents which are stored at the "Shchuchye" and "Kizner" CWDF, will come into operation in 2006.

The second stage of the facility, which has a capacity of 4,500 MT per year and is designed for destruction of the air-borne chemical munitions filled with organophosphorus agents stored at the "Pochep", "Maradykovskiy" and "Leonidovka" CWDF, will come into operation in 2007.

The CWDF near the town of Kambarka (Udmurt Republic):

This facility has a capacity of 1,500 MT per year and is designed for destruction of lewisite. It will be put into operation in 2005.



Plan for the construction and operation of chemical weapons destruction facilities in the Russian Federation (with the USA financial and technical assistance) (Table 1)

Plan for the construction and operation of chemical weapons destruction facilities in the Russian Federation (with the USA financial and technical assistance) (Table 2)

Comparison of Federal Target Programme "Destruction of chemical weapons in the Russian Federation" in new and old wordingTo pass on