Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents- FRONT MATTER
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Background
- Chapter 3: Criteria for Comparing Disposition Options
- Chapter 4: Reactor Options
- Chapter 5: Disposal of Plutonium Without Irradiation
- Chapter 6: Comparing the Options
- Chapter 7: Conclusions and Recommendations
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About the Author
Panel on Reactor-Related Options for the Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, National Research Council
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With the end of the Cold War, the United States and the republics of the former Soviet Union have undertaken arms control on an unprecedented scale. What to do with the fissile materials from the tens of thousands of nuclear weapons to be dismantled has become a pressing problem for international security. Limits on access to these materials are the primary technical barrier to acquisition of nuclear weapons in the world today.
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