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Manufacturing plutonium "pits" for nuclear weapons : technical aspects & considerations for congress /
A ""pit"" is the plutonium ""trigger"" of a thermonuclear weapon. During the Cold War, the Rocky Flats Plant (CO) made up to 2,000 pits per year (ppy), but ceased operations in 1989. Since then, the Department of Energy (DOE) has made at most 11 ppy for the st...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
2014.
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| Colección: | Nuclear materials and disaster research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MANUFACTURING PLUTONIUM ''PITS'' FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS: TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS; MANUFACTURING PLUTONIUM ''PITS'' FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS: TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MANUFACTURING NUCLEAR WEAPON "PITS": A DECISIONMAKING APPROACH FOR CONGRESS; SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; REQUIREMENTS FOR PIT MANUFACTURING; OPTIONS FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; DECISIONS REQUIRE DATA; QUESTIONS THAT CAN ONLY BE ANSWEREDWITH DATA; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX. PLUTONIUM TASKS IN PF-4.
- Chapter 2: U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPON "PIT" PRODUCTION OPTIONS FOR CONGRESSSUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; OPTIONS FOR CONGRESS; GATHERING INFORMATION ON VARIOUS OPTIONS; APPENDIX A. THE REGULATORY STRUCTURE; APPENDIX B. CALCULATION OF DOSE AS A FUNCTION OF MATERIAL AT RISK; APPENDIX C. SECURITY AND HAZARD CATEGORIESFOR PLUTONIUM; APPENDIX D. PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF POTENTIAL TASKS REQUIRED FOR RLUOB TO EXCEED HAZARD CATEGORY 3 NUCLEAR FACILITY THRESHOLD QUANTITY; APPENDIX E. COMPARISON OF SEISMIC RESILIENCY OF CMR AND RLUOB.
- APPENDIX F. SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION OF 80 PITS PER YEARAPPENDIX G. ABBREVIATIONS; Blank Page; INDEX.