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Informationen zum Autor Vitaly Fedchenko is a Senior Researcher at SIPRI, where his research focuses on nuclear security issues and the political, technological, and educational dimensions of nuclear arms control and non-proliferation. Previously, he worked at the Center for Policy Studies in Russia (PIR Center) and the Institute for Applied International Research (IAIR), Moscow. His publications include Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, SIPRI Research Report no. 22 (2007, co-author). Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This book is the first book to outline nuclear forensics in detail and provides a definitive guide to nuclear forensic analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Vitaly Fedchenko: Introduction: Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes; Part I. Nuclear Forensic Methods; 2 Vitaly Fedchenko: The Process of Nuclear Forensic Analysis; Appendix 2A. Sophie Grape: Basic Facts and Definitions Pertinent to Measurements; 3 Klaus Mayer! Maria Wallenius! Zsolt Varga! Magnus Hedberg! and Nicole Erdmann: Destructive Forensic Analysis: Inorganic Mass Spectrometry; 4 Sophie Grape: Non-destructive Forensic Analysis: Gamma Spectroscopy; 5 Klaus Mayer! Maria Wallenius! and Zsolt Varga: Sample Characteristics and Nuclear Forensic Signatures; 6 Lars-Erik de Geer: Radionuclides and Signatures Relevant for Post-explosion Environments; Part II. Nuclear Forensics in Practice; 7 Vitaly Fedchenko: The Origins of Nuclear Forensic Analysis; Appendix 7A Lars-Erik de Geer: Analysis of Nuclear Weapons Debris in Sweden; 8 Vitaly Fedchenko: Applications of Nuclear Forensic Analysis
List of contents
- 1: Vitaly Fedchenko: Introduction: Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes
- Part I. Nuclear Forensic Methods
- 2: Vitaly Fedchenko: The Process of Nuclear Forensic Analysis
- Appendix 2A.: Sophie Grape: Basic Facts and Definitions Related to Measurements
- 3: Klaus Mayer, Maria Wallenius, Zsolt Varga, Magnus Hedberg, and Nicole Erdmann: Inorganic Mass Spectrometry as a Tool of Destructive Nuclear Forensic Analysis
- 4: Sophie Grape: Gamma Spectroscopy as a Tool of Non-destructive Nuclear Forensic Analysis
- 5: Klaus Mayer, Maria Wallenius, and Zsolt Varga: Sample Characteristics and Nuclear Forensic Signatures
- 6: Lars-Erik de Geer: Radionuclides and Signatures Relevant for Post-explosion Environments
- Part II. Nuclear Forensics in Practice
- 7: Vitaly Fedchenko: The Origins of Nuclear Forensic Analysis I: the United States and the Soviet Union
- 8: Lars-Erik de Geer: The Origins of Nuclear Forensic Analysis II: analysis of nuclear weapon debris in Sweden
- Appendix 8A: Lars-Erik de Geer: Detection by Sweden of Chinese Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere
- 9: Vitaly Fedchenko and Robert Kelley: Applications of Nuclear Forensic Analysis
