Vitaly Fedchenko
Born: 1979
Citizenship: Russian Federation
Position at SIPRI: Researcher, SIPRI Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme
Subject expertise: Nuclear technology; strategic forces technology; nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear materials and fuel, uranium and plutonium; nuclear warheads, nuclear forensics and verification
Regional expertise: Russia
Languages:
English, Russian, Swedish
Education: BA and MA in Nuclear Physics,
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
Contact: Email; Phone: +46 8 655 97 32
Vitaly Fedchenko is a Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme, responsible for nuclear security issues and the political, technological and educational dimensions of nuclear arms control and non-proliferation. Previously he was a visiting researcher at SIPRI and worked at the Center for Policy Studies in Russia at the Institute for Applied International Research in Moscow. He is the author or co-author of several publications on international non-proliferation and disarmament assistance, the international nuclear fuel cycle and Russian nuclear exports.
Current activities
- The application of nuclear forensics to arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
- Nuclear materials accounting and control at Russian nuclear fuel-cycle facilities
- Non-proliferation education in the states of the former Soviet Union
- World nuclear forces
Former positions
- Researcher, PIR Center for Policy Studies, Moscow
- Research Fellow, Institute for Applied International Research, Moscow
Professional affiliations
- Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Member
- International Technical Working Group on Nuclear Forensics, Member
Recent publications
- Anthony, I., Ahlström, C. and Fedchenko, V., Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, SIPRI Research Report no. 22 (Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Contribution to Wolfrum, R. (ed), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Fedchenko, V., ‘Nuclear forensic analysis’, SIPRI Yearbook 2008: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press, 2008)
- Fedchenko, V., ‘Weapons of mass analysis’, Jane’s Intelligence Review, vol. 19, no. 11 (Nov. 2007)
