Regaining Security - A Guide to Costs of Disposing of Plutonium Highly Enriched Uranium

List of contents

1. Economic Issues and the Disposition of Weapon-Grade Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium. 2. The Economic Value of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium. 3. Disposition Quantities of Surplus Materials. 4. The Economic Nature of the US Commercial Nuclear Industry and the Use of Downblended HEU as Reactor Fuel. 5. The Impact of Reprocessing on Disposition. 6. Disposition Through MOX Burning: Fabrication and Operations Issues. 7. Burning Plutonium in Reactors: Implications for Disposition. 8. A Comparison of Proposals for Disposition of Plutonium from Warheads. 9. Conclusion: the Major Cost Drivers in Disposition.

About the author

William J. Weida

Summary

First published in 1997, this volume 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.

Product details

• Authors: WEIDA, William J. Weida, Weida William J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367000158
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00015-8
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / Natural Disasters, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Natural disasters, Environmental science, engineering and technology