Nuclear Terrorism and Global Security (eBook, ePUB)

The Challenge of Phasing out Highly Enriched Uranium
Redaktion: Kuperman, Alan J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume assesses the challenges of eliminating highly enriched uranium from the world and exmaines the prospects of this material being used by terrorist groups in weapons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135105853
• Artikelnr.: 39265922

Autorenporträt

Alan J. Kuperman is Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, where he is also Coordinator of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project (www.nppp.org).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Global HEU Phase-Out: Prospects & Challenges Alan J.
Kuperman Success Stories 2. Argentina: Medical Isotope Production Jared
Berenter 3. South Africa: Reactor Fuel and Medical Isotope Production
Chloe Colby Hopeful Progress 4. USA and Europe: High-Power Research
Reactors Margarita Jimenez 5. Russia: Icebreaker Ships and Floating
Reactors Christine Egnatuk 6. Belgium and the Netherlands: Medical Isotope
Production Alexander Fay 7. China: Reactors and Nuclear Propulsion,
Shing-yao (Sandra) Feng Stubborn Civilian Commerce 8. Germany: The FRM-II
Reactor Kenneth Dayman 9. Canada and Russia: Medical Isotope Production
Kendra Vessels 10. Russia: Research Reactors Braden Civins 11. Russia:
Critical Assemblies and Pulsed Reactors Paul Osborne Military Challenges
12. USA and France: Naval Propulsion Rebecca Ward 13. Russia: Naval
Propulsion Yaroslav Primachenko Ahead of the Curve 14. Space Reactors R.
Blake Messer Conclusion 15. Achieving a Global HEU Phase-Out Alan J.
Kuperman