United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-09-29 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-234 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234 P0b002ee18037494f f:rc94234 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234 RCED-94-234 Alternative energy sources Nuclear reactors Industrial safety International relations International agreements International cooperation Radiation safety Nuclear powerplant safety Safety standards Soviet Union Chernobyl Nuclear Powerplant (USSR) Lithuania Russia Slovak Federal Republic Canada France Germany Italy Japan United Kingdom Nuclear Safety Account Czech Federal Republic Hungary Ukraine Letter Report RCED The United States and other nations have serious concerns about the safety of 58 Soviet-designed nuclear power reactors in Russia and eastern Europe. These reactors do not meet international nuclear safety standards. Twenty-five of these reactors, because they are of the oldest design, pose the greatest safety risk; fifteen of these reactors are the type that exploded at Chernobyl in 1986. In July 1992, the Group of 7--the major industrialized nations--announced a multi-million-dollar plan to improve the safety of these nuclear power reactors. This report describes the (1) goals and scope of the international assistance, (2) United States' planned and ongoing assistance efforts, (3) impact of the assistance provided, and (4) potential for closing the highest-risk reactors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234.htm GAO/RCED-94-234 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-234 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-234; Nuclear Safety: International Assistance Efforts to Make Soviet-Designed Reactors Safer; Alternative energy sources Nuclear reactors Industrial safety International relations International agreements International cooperation Radiation safety Nuclear powerplant safety Safety standards Soviet Union Chernobyl Nuclear Powerplant (USSR) Lithuania Russia Slovak Federal Republic Canada France Germany Italy Japan United Kingdom Nuclear Safety Account Czech Federal Republic Hungary Ukraine