Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium from Dismantled Weapons
Author : Leslie J. Jardine
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear disarmament
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Author : Leslie J. Jardine
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear disarmament
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Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 1995-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309051452
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
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309073200
Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309050425
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. A hundred tons or more of plutonium and tons of highly enriched uranium will no longer be needed. The management and disposition of these fissile materials, the essential ingredients of nuclear weapons, pose urgent challenges for international security. This book offers recommendations for all phases of the problem, from dismantlement of excess warheads, through intermediate storage of the fissle materials they contain, to ultimate disposition of the plutonium.
Author : CSIS Senior Policy Panel on the Safe, Timely, and Effective Disposition of Surplus U.S. and Russian Weapons-Grade Plutonium
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780892063369
Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Disarmament
ISBN :
Author : E.R. Merz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 1995-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780792338413
This NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Disposal of Weapons Plutonium is a follow-up event to two preceding workshops, each dealing with a special subject within the overall disarmament issue: "Disposition of Weapon Plutonium", sponsored by the NATO Science Committee. The first workshop of this series was held at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London on 24-25 January 1994, entitled "Managing the Plutonium Surplus, Applications, and Options". Its over all goal was to clarify the current situation with respect to pluto nium characteristics and availability, the technical options for use or disposal, and their main technical, environmental, and economic constraints. In the immediate term, plutonium recovered from dismantled nuclear warheads will have to be stored securely, and under international safeguards if possible. In the intermediate term, the principal alter natives for disposition of this plutonium are: irradiation in mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in existing commercial light-water reac tors or in specially adapted light-water reactors capable of operation with full cores of MOX fuel .and irradiation in future fast reactors. Another option is to blend plutonium with high-level waste as it is vitrified for final disposal in a geologic repository. In both cases, the high radioactivity of the resulting products provides "self shielding" and prevents separation of plutonium without already developed and available sophisticated technology. The so-called "spent fuel standard" as an effective protection barrier is - quired in either case.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : John P. Holdren
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category :
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :
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