The American Government will give Romania technical and financial assistance in equipping some installations in order to detect radioactive sources inside the country. In this sense, US Government and National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control (NCNAC) representatives signed an agreement regarding the cooperation for increasing Romanian radioactive material sources' physical security.

The US ambassador to Bucharest Mark H. Gitenstein declared that, in this way, the radiological material will not get to unfit hands. "For several years now the US Government is concerned about the serious threat addressing international security, represented by the nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. The US responded to this threat by setting up the Global Threat Reducing Initiative (GTRI) within the National Administration for Nuclear Security. In the last five years, the GTRI programme managed to increase the security of nuclear installations worldwide, including here, in Romania. These efforts brought the guarantee that the nuclear and radiological material is not going to fall on unfit hands", Mark H. Gitenstein declared.

Radioactive waste stocking installations, research institutions using this type of material, medical installations and irradiation and sterilisation installations are on the list to be considered.

The agreement will create the legal framework necessary for the implementation of the protection of the radiological programme within the GTRI. American experts will work with their Romanian counterparts to increase physic security for civil locations that use or deposit materials with a high level of radioactivity. The GTRI team is ready to start the technical assistance programme implementation in Romania immediately after signing the treaty.

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