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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feiveson, Harold A. (Author), Glaser, Alexander, 1969- (Author), Mian, Zia (Author), Von Hippel, Frank (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear fuels > Management.
Nuclear fuels > Security measures.
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 fissile material production for weapons, provides an overview of the current global stockpile of roughly 1900 tons of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and discusses the dangers associated with plutonium separation (reprocessing) and uranium enrichment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations, map
ISBN:0262319187
9780262319188
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262027748.001.0001