Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium: Reactor-Related Options (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309051453)

Within the next decade, many thousands of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons are slated to be retired as a result of nuclear arms reduction treaties and unilateral pledges. Hundreds of tons of plutonium and highly enriched uranium will no longer be needed for weapons purposes and will pose urgent challenges to international security. This is the supporting volume to a study by the Committee on International Security and Arms Control which dealt with all phases of the management and disposition of these materials. This technical study concentrates on the option for the disposition of plutonium, looking in detail at the different types of reactors in which weapons plutonium could be burned and at the vitrification of plutonium, and comparing them using economic, security and environmental criteria.

Author: National Academy of Sciences,Committee on International Security and,Panel on Reactor-Related Options for the
ISBN-10: 0309051452
ISBN-13: 9780309051453
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 08/06/1995
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.00w x 1.13d