Establishing confident accounting for Russian weapons plutonium

Examines atomic weapons grade plutonium production and need for a comprehensive transparency regime; technical and policy aspects and role of US and international cooperation. The Nuclear Archaeology Program and development of the Graphic Isotopic Ratio Method (GIRM) to estimate plutonium production...

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Published in:The Nonproliferation review 2002-06, Vol.9 (2), p.126-137
Main Authors: Wood, Thomas W., Reid, Bruce D., Smoot, John L., Fuller, James L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arms limitation
Defenses
Foreign relations
Inspection
International cooperation
Nuclear nonproliferation
Plutonium
Russian Federation
Supply and demand
United States
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Summary:Examines atomic weapons grade plutonium production and need for a comprehensive transparency regime; technical and policy aspects and role of US and international cooperation. The Nuclear Archaeology Program and development of the Graphic Isotopic Ratio Method (GIRM) to estimate plutonium production in graphite reactors, and alternative methods.
ISSN:1073-6700
1746-1766
DOI:10.1080/10736700208436898