Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium
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ISBN: 0309050421 / Publisher: National Academies Press, February 1994
Presents results of a study on management of dismantled nuclear weapons, focusing on the security ri...
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Presents results of a study on management of dismantled nuclear weapons, focusing on the security risks posed by excess nuclear materials. Examines stages of the reductions process, from dismantlement through long-term disposition, within a national and international political context. Covers criteria for comparing management and disposition options, intermediate storage, and reducing the risk of nuclear theft in the former Soviet Union. Appendices profile civilian programs, and discuss technical issues of nonreactor, nonrepository disposal. Lacks a bibliography and an index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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