Safety Issues Associated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 1:)
Contributors: Theodore A. Parish (Editor); Vyacheslav V. Khromov (Editor); Igor Carron (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780792355922
Subjects: Nuclear power & engineering; Science/Mathematics; Materials handling; Technology & Industrial Arts; Nuclear Fuels; Technology; Safety measures; Plutonium as fuel; Engineering - Nuclear; Environmental Science; Industrial Health & Safety; Science : Environmental Science; Technology / Engineering / Nuclear; Technology / Industrial Health & Safety; Technology : Engineering - Nuclear; Congresses; Plutonium
First sentence: Significant quantities of weapons-usable fissile materials [primarily plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU)] are becoming surplus to national defense needs in both the United States and Russia.