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Georgia
Country Spotlight
As part of its Soviet legacy, Georgia possesses a decommissioned nuclear reactor and three nuclear research institutes as well as several military bases contaminated with radioactive waste. Georgia does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and is party to the major nonproliferation treaties and regimes.
See Georgia's performance in:
Region Former Soviet Union
3 Nuclear research institutes
1998 Collaborated with the U.S. and the U.K. to remove all HEU and LEU-based reactor fuel from the country
1998 Enacted the first export control laws in the Caucasus
Nuclear
- Has never possessed or sought to develop nuclear weapons
- Received training, equipment, and funding from the U.S. to improve border controls and prevent the trafficking of nuclear and radiological materials
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Tutorial on Nuclear and Radiological Security
Biological
- Has never possessed or sought to develop biological weapons
- Hosted dual-use biological weapons production facilities during the USSR, now dismantled
- Extensive cooperation with United States on biodefense
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Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
Georgia Overview
Missile
- Does not possess ballistic missiles
- Member of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
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Tutorial on Missiles and Other WMD Delivery Systems
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Tutorial on Nuclear Testing
Chemical
- Has never possessed or sought to develop chemical weapons
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Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation
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NTI Tutorials
Treaties and Regimes Memberships
Analysis
Georgia
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Georgia Overview
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NIS Nuclear Trafficking Collection
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Education Center