Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium

National Academy of Sciences

doi:10.17226/2345

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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium

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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.

Contributor(s): National Academy of Sciences; Policy and Global Affairs; Committee on International Security and Arms Control; Office of International Affairs

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Environment and Environmental Studies — Waste Disposal and Clean Up

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National Academy of Sciences. 1994. Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/2345.

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288 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-05042-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/2345

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-18
Chapter 1: Introduction: Task and Context	19-38
Chapter 2: International Context	39-60
Chapter 3: Criteria for Comparing Management and Disposition Options	61-86
Chapter 4: Declarations and Dismantlement	87-110
Chapter 5: Intermediate Storage	111-140
Chapter 6: Long-Term Disposition	141-222
Chapter 7: Recommendations	223-230
Appendix A	231-234
Appendix B	235-244
Appendix C	245-275

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