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Unmaking the bomb : a fissile material approach to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation
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Unmaking the bomb : a fissile material approach to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation / Harold Feiveson, Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian, and Frank N. von Hippel.
ISBN
9780262319188 (ebook) :
Publication
Cambridge : The MIT Press, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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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.
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MIT Press scholarship online.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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