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Civilian HEU
Civilian Nuclear Sector
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Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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fissile
fissile material control
Fresh HEU
fuel
HEU
HEU Elimination
HEU Fuel
HEU Fuel Research Reactor
HEU Holding
HEU Material
HEU Minimization
HEU Target
High Density Leu Fuel
highly enriched uranium risks
IAEA General Conference
international HEU elimination initiatives
isotopes
Leu Fuel
Leu Target
material
MDS Nordion
medical
minimization
Mo-99 Production
National Academy
Naval Propulsion Reactors
NPT Review
NPT Review Conference
NPT Review Process
nuclear nonproliferation strategies
nuclear security policy
radiological threat assessment
reactors
RERTR Program
research
Spend HEU Fuel

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415494847
  • Weight: 530g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Nov 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has been processed to increase the proportion of the U-235 isotope to over 20%, is the most difficult challenge facing a state or non-state actor seeking to build a nuclear explosive. The large stocks of HEU in civilian use, many not adequately protected, are thus one of the greatest security risks facing the global community at present. This book contains chapters examining the various uses for this material and possible alternatives; the threat posed by this material; the economic, political and strategic obstacles to international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and research purposes; as well as new national and international measures that should be taken to further the elimination of HEU.

This book was published as a special issue of The Nonproliferation Review.
About
William C. Potter is Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Cristina-Astrid Hansell is Director of the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.