Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping Russia build railcars to provide better protection and more secure transport of nuclear material. Under an agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defense, ORNL's Transportation Security Project will work with a Russian railcar maker to design and manufacture guard railcars and replace the aging fleet now used for moving guards and special nuclear materials. Heading the effort are Bill Reich and Gary Sullivan of the lab's Nuclear Science and Technology Division. The $9.9 million project, scheduled for completion in April 2006, is coordinated and funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. Reich and other members of the project team will go in May to visit the Russian railcar manufacturing plant.
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