Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities and Policies - Rilegato

Albright, David; Berkhout, Frans; Walker, William

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ISBN 10: 0198280092 ISBN 13: 9780198280095

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1997

Riassunto

Plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are the basic materials used in nuclear weapons. Plutonium also plays an important part in the generation of nuclear electricity. Knowing how much plutonium and HEU exist, where and in which form is vital for international security and nuclear commerce.

Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996 is a thorough revision of the World Inventory of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1992. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the amounts of plutonium and HEU in military and civilian programmes, in nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, and in countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The capabilities that exist for producing these materials around the world are examined in depth, as are the policy issues raised by them. Containing much new information, it is indispensable to all those concerned with the great contemporary issues in international nuclear relations: arms reductions in the nuclear weapon states, nuclear proliferation, nuclear smuggling, the roles of plutonium and enriched uranium in the nuclear fuel-cycle, and the disposition of surplus weapon material.

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Reviews of World Inventory of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1992:"A timely and very useful tool for those interested in nuclear non-proliferation ... it is the first report that has been published with so broad a scope ... obviously the product of a prodigious amount of painstaking research, analysis and synthesis ... This is a first class new reference work for professionals in the field and is, at the same time, quite accessible to lay readers interested in a fuller understanding of the facts."Arms Control Quarterly

an indispensable reference book for researchers (Nature)

an important new source of information (Jane's Intelligence Review)

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198280092
• ISBN 13: 9780198280095
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 534
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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