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Unmaking the Bomb : A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation /

The global stockpile, continued production and use of plutonium and highly enriched uranium facilitates proliferation, increases the risk of nuclear terrorism and is an obstacle to achieving irreversible nuclear disarmament. The book explains how these materials are used, describes the histories of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Feiveson, Harold A. (Autor), Von Hippel, Frank (Autor), Mian, Zia (Autor), Glaser, Alexander, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Production, uses and stocks of nuclear-weapon materials
  • The history of fissile-material production for weapons
  • The global stockpile of fissile material
  • Fissile materials, nuclear power, and nuclear proliferation
  • Ending the separation of plutonium
  • Ending the use of heu as a reactor fuel
  • Ending production of fissile materials for weapons
  • Disposal of fissile materials
  • Conclusion : meeting the fissile material challenge.