Christopher Hubbard

Power Plays

Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contributes to a new understanding of one of the most serious security implications inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation. It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs of failure.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780754676935
• ISBN-10: 0754676935
• Artikelnr.: 48134801

Autorenporträt

Christopher Hubbard is a Senior Lecturer, International Relations and Security, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security
Chapter 2 Securing the Homeland, Securing the World
Chapter 3 The International Institutional Framework
Chapter 4 Assessing Security Threats Inherent in Nuclear Fuels
Chapter 5 The Historical Record: Failure and Success
Chapter 6 Strategic Security and Enriched Uranium
Chapter 7 Nuclear Terrorism and Enriched Uranium
Chapter 8 Old and New Strategies for Non-proliferation Progress
Chapter 9 The Future: Alternative Policy Pathways for the Twenty-first Century
Chapter 10 Conclusions: Global Threats and Opportunities