Tritium on ice : the dangerous new alliance of nuclear weapons and nuclear power /

The dangers of a United States government plan to abandon its fifty-year policy of keeping civilian and military uses of nuclear technology separate. In December 1998, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced that the U.S. planned to begin producing tritium for its nuclear weapons in commercial nu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bergeron, Kenneth D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Tennessee Valley Authority. > Nuclear Power.
Tennessee Valley Authority. > Nuclear Operations.
Tennessee Valley Authority. > Nuclear Operations
Tennessee Valley Authority. > Nuclear Power
Nuclear engineering > Government policy > United States.
Tritium > Safety measures.
Ice condenser containment > Environmental aspects > United States.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear weapons > Materials.
Génie nucléaire > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Tritium > Sécurité > Mesures.
Non-prolifération nucléaire.
Armes nucléaires > Matériaux.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Nuclear engineering > Government policy
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons > Materials
Tritium > Safety measures
Kerncentrales.
Kernwapens.
Kernwapenpolitiek.
United States
Tennessee (staat)
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A covenant breached
  • War's child : the birth and nurture of civilian nuclear energy
  • Nuclear reactor safety : confidence versus vigilence
  • Nuclear nonproliferation : the devil is in the details
  • Tritium, the lifeblood of the nuclear arsenal
  • Tennessee waltz
  • What's the rush?
  • Appendix A. Analysis of public comments on the DOE's programmatic environmental impact statement on tritium supply and recycling
  • Appendix B. Interagency review of the nonproliferation implications of alternative tritium production technologies under consideration by the Department of Energy
  • Appendix C. Critique of Interagency review
  • Appendix D. Glossary.

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