1.0 Scope and Organization of this Report

This report describes major activities and key accomplishments of the cooperative safety work, beginning with the inception of these efforts in 1992 and continuing through December 2000. The report is organized into eight main sections and four appendixes.

• Section 2 describes the organization of projects into six work areas and provides background descriptions of the safety activities.
• Section 3 describes activities in Armenia.
• Section 4 describes activities in Ukraine, including work to improve operations, maintenance, and fire protection at Chornobyl's operating Unit 3 reactor.
• Section 5 describes other activities at Chornobyl, including U.S. support for deactivating the plant, preventing collapse of the shelter around the ruined Unit 4 reactor, and establishing a nuclear safety research center near the Chornobyl site.
• Section 6 describes activities in Russia.
• Section 7 describes activities in five Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia.
• Section 8 describes activities in Kazakhstan.

The appendixes provide additional detailed information:

• Appendix A provides diagrams and schematics of Soviet-designed reactor types.
• Appendix B identifies Soviet-designed nuclear power plants and reactor types in the host countries currently involved in the International Nuclear Safety Program.
• Appendix C describes resources for obtaining information about the Program.
• Appendix D defines key technical terms used in this report.