Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: David Albright (President, President, Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), Washington D. C.) ,
Frans Berkhout (Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex) ,
William Walker (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Scotland) ,
William Walker (Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.954kg
ISBN: 9780198280095
ISBN 10: 0198280092
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 13 March 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
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
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
