Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities, and Policies (SIPRI Monograph Series)

David Albright, Frans Berkhout, William Walker

ISBN 10: 0198280092 / ISBN 13: 9780198280095

Published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities, and Policies (SIPRI Monograph Series)
• Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198280092
• ISBN 13: 9780198280095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 995 grams

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Synopsis

Plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are the basic materials used in nuclear weapons. Plutonium also plays an important part in the generation of nuclear electricity. Knowing how much plutonium and HEU exists, where and in which form is vital for international security and nuclear commerce. This book is a thorough revision of the World Inventory of Plutonium and highly Enriched Uranium, 1992. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the amounts of plutonium and HEU in military and civilian programmes, in nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, and in countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The capibilities that exist for producing these materials around the world are examined in depth, as are the policy issues raised by them. Containing much new information, this book is indispensable to all those concerned with the great contemporary issues in international nuclear relations: arms reductions in the nuclear weapon states, nuclear proliferation, nuclear smuggling, the roles of plutonium and enriched uranium in the nuclear fuel-cycle, and the disposition of surplus weapon material.

About the Author

David Albright is a President at the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), Washington D. C.. Frans Berkhout is a Senior Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex. William Walker is a Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.