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Category : Nuclear disarmament
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Scenarios and Costs in the Disposition of Weapon-grade Plutonium Withdrawn from Russia's Nuclear Military Programs
Author: Joint U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cost Analysis and Economics in Plutonium DispositionPublisher:
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Category : Plutonium
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Scenarios and Costs in the Disposition of Weapon-grade Plutonium Withdrawn from Russia's Nuclear Military Programs
Author: Gas Turbine-modular Helium Reactors in the Disposition of Weapon-grade Plutonium Withdrawn from Russia's Nuclear Military Programs
Author: Joint U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cost Analysis and Economics in Plutonium DispositionPublisher:
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Category : Plutonium
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Disposing of Weapons-grade Plutonium
Author: CSIS Senior Policy Panel on the Safe, Timely, and Effective Disposition of Surplus U.S. and Russian Weapons-Grade PlutoniumPublisher: CSIS
ISBN: 9780892063369
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Plutonium Disposition Program
Author: United States Government AccountabilityPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781503371804
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The end of the cold war left the United States with a surplus of weapons-grade plutonium. Much of this material is found in a key nuclear weapon component known as a pit. In 1997, DOE announced a plan to dispose of surplus, weapons-grade plutonium through an approach that included fabrication of plutonium into MOX fuel for use in domestic commercial nuclear reactors. In 2000, the United States and Russia entered into a Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, in which each country pledged to dispose of at least 34 metric tons of surplus, weapons-grade plutonium. Through a protocol to the agreement signed in 2010, the United States and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to dispose of surplus, weapons-grade plutonium as MOX fuel in nuclear reactors, and the agreement entered into force in 2011.
Regaining Security
Author: William J. WeidaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429816766
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First published in 1997, this volume observes that of all the materials, systems and facilities that designed and operated nuclear weapons, the most readily available assets for reuse are often identified as the highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium from warheads. However, proliferation concerns the reuse of much of this material unlikely. This book explores the economic issues surrounding the major expenditures facing the US as it attempts to dispose of weapon-grade nuclear materials in a proliferation-resistant manner. The book discusses the economic values of plutonium and HEU, the economic nature of the nuclear industry, reprocessing and operations costs, the economics of ‘burning’ plutonium to generate electrical power, the economics of down-blending and ‘burning’ HEU, military conversion as a rationale for selecting plutonium disposition options, the economics of transmutation, and the economics of other proposals ranging from monitored surface storage to vitrification. The book concludes by identifying the major cost drivers affecting all disposition options.
Scenarios and Costs in the Disposition of Russia's Weapon-grade Plutonium
Author: Joint U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cost Analysis and Economics in Plutonium DispositionPublisher:
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Category : Plutonium
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium
Author: National Academy of SciencesPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309050421
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
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.
Plutonium Disposition
Author: Glenn ReissPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781633210660
Category : Mixed oxide fuels (Nuclear engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With the end of the Cold War and break-up of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, control of surplus nuclear weapons material became an urgent U.S. foreign policy goal. Particular U.S. concern focused on plutonium from Soviet nuclear warheads, which it was feared posed a major nuclear weapons proliferation risk. The United States supported a successful effort to consolidate the storage of Soviet nuclear weapons and materials in Russia, and then began negotiating reductions in weapons material stockpiles. Congress has been closely involved in formulating U.S. policy on surplus plutonium disposition, as well as funding the necessary facilities, operations, and Russian assistance to implement the program. Congressional debate is now focusing on the U.S. program's escalating costs and the Obama Administration's FY2015 proposal to halt construction of plutonium disposition facilities in South Carolina and prepare a new strategy. This book discusses the mixed-oxide fuel fabrication plant and plutonium disposition. It also examines drivers the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) identified for the cost increases of construction projects for plutonium disposition; the extent to which NNSA analysed underlying causes of the cost increases; steps NNSA took to hold construction contractors accountable for their role, if any, in the cost increases; and the extent to which NNSA's most recent estimates met cost- and schedule-estimating best practices.
Unmaking the Bomb
Author: Harold A. FeivesonPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262529726
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A new approach to nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and the prevention of nuclear terrorism that focuses on controlling the production and stockpiling of nuclear materials. Achieving nuclear disarmament, stopping nuclear proliferation, and preventing nuclear terrorism are among the most critical challenges facing the world today. Unmaking the Bomb proposes a new approach to reaching these long-held goals. Rather than considering them as separate issues, the authors—physicists and experts on nuclear security—argue that all three of these goals can be understood and realized together if we focus on the production, stockpiling, and disposal of plutonium and highly enriched uranium—the fissile materials that are the key ingredients used to make nuclear weapons. The authors describe the history, production, national stockpiles, and current military and civilian uses of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and propose policies aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating these fissile materials worldwide. These include an end to the production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for weapons, an end to their use as reactor fuels, and the verified elimination of all national stockpiles.