New Nuclear Forensics - Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes

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 This book is the first book to outline nuclear forensics in detail and provides a definitive guide to nuclear forensic analysis. 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 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 ...

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• Authors: Vitaly Fedchenko, Vitaly (Senior Researcher Fedchenko
• Assisted by: Vitaly Fedchenko (Editor), Fedchenko Vitaly (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198736646
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873664-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: SIPRI Research Reports; SIPRI Monographs; SIPRI Research Reports; SIPRI Monographs; Sipri Monograph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear, Politics / Current Events, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Forensic Science, Military and defence strategy, Nuclear power & engineering, Nuclear power and engineering, Civil defence