Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium

Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences

Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 January 1994
Pages
288
ISBN
9780309050425

Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium

Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences

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.

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