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Analytical methods for nonproliferation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morse, Edward C. (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
Series:Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications.
Subjects:
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear weapons.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
  • Interdiction of Nuclear Material
  • 2. Nuclear Explosives
  • History
  • Device Physics
  • Special Nuclear Material
  • 3. Signatures and Background
  • Simplified Transport Calculations
  • The Radiation Background
  • Problems
  • 4. Detection Statistics
  • Classical and Bayesian Statistics
  • Counting Statistics
  • Confusion Matrices
  • Receiver Operating Characteristics
  • Application of Bayesian Statistical Methods
  • Pulse Shape Discrimination as an Example of Binary Classification
  • Problems
  • 5. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • Mining and Chemical Processing of Uranium
  • UF6 Conversion and Enrichment
  • Post-Reactor
  • Conversion of Military Materials
  • Waste Management
  • Enrichment Technologies
  • Reactors and Proliferation
  • Problems
  • 6. Nuclear Forensics
  • Introduction
  • Attribution Methods
  • Analysis Tools
  • Problems
  • 7. Nuclear Testing
  • Introduction and History
  • The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the International Monitoring System
  • Radionuclide Monitoring
  • Seismic Signals
  • Hydroacoustic Monitoring
  • Infrasonic Signatures
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Problems
  • 8. Active Interrogation
  • Introduction
  • Neutron Active Interrogation
  • Photofission
  • Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence
  • Dose Considerations
  • 9. Advanced Detection Technologies
  • Introduction
  • Advanced Scintillator Materials
  • Advanced Semiconductor Detectors
  • Alternatives to 3HE
  • Imaging Detectors
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Problems
  • 10
  • Arms Control and Treaty Verification
  • Introduction
  • Neutron Multiplicity Counting
  • Pu300, Pu600, and Pu900 Methods
  • Neutron Imaging
  • Neutrino Methods
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Problems
  • 11. Public Policy and Proliferation
  • Introduction
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Nuclear Nonproliferation Activities within the US Government
  • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
  • A The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  • The Atomic Energy Act
  • The Area under the ROC Curve for Gaussian Probability Distributions
  • Index. .