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• Preface. Part 1: Introduction B. Jasani Chapter 1. Fuel Cycles 1. An Evolutionary Strategy for Nuclear Power F. von Hippel, H. A. Feiveson and R. H. Williams. Appendix 1. Assumptions used in the Economic Calculations Chapter 2. Enrichment 2. Practical Suggestions for the Improvement of Proliferation Resistance within the Enriched Uranium Fuel Cycle J. H. Coates and B. Barré 3. Jet Nozzle and Vortex Tube Enrichment Technologies P. Boskma 4. Laser Separation Isotopes K. L. Kompa Chapter 3. Reprocessing 5. Proliferation Risks Associated with Different Back-End Fuel Cycles for Light Water Reactors K. Hannerz and F. Segerberg Chapter 4. Waste Disposal 6. Reprocessing and Waste Management D. Abrahamson Chapter 5. Physical Barriers to Proliferation 7. Can Plutonium Be Made Weapon-Proof? B. T. Feld Part 2: Introduction B. Jasani Chapter 6. Breeders 8. The Proliferation Aspects of Breeder Deployment B. Barré 9. The Role of the Breeder Reactor R. Garwin Chapter 7. Hybrid Reactors 10. Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactors V. Kuhleshov 11. Laser Fusion and Fusion Hybrid Breeders: Proliferation Implications D. Westervelt and R. Pollock Part 3: Introduction J. Goldblat Chapter 8. Safeguards Technology 12. IAEA Safeguards Technology A. von Baeckmann 13. Safeguards Techniques W. A. Higinbotham Chapter 9. Exporting Policies 14. Applications of US Non-Proliferation Legislation for Technical Aspects of the Control of Fissionable Materials in Non-Military Applications W. H. Donnelly Appendixes 14A-P. 15. Nuclear Exporting Policies B. Sanders Chapter 10. Multinational and International Controls 16. A Nuclear Fuel Supply Cooperative: A Way Out of the Non-Proliferation Débacle A. R. W. Wilson 17. A Preliminary Evaluation of the Technical Aspects of INFCE U. Farinelli 18. Nuclear Proliferation: Arrangements for International Control J. Rotblat Part 4: Introduction B. Jasani Chapter 11. Peaceful Nuclear Explosions 19. Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Explosions D. Davies 20. Technical Aspects of Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Relevant to their Possible Role in the Future Proliferation of Weapon-Usable Nuclear Materials A. R. W. Wilson Chapter 12. Reactors in Satellites 21. Nuclear Reactors in Satellites D. Paul Part 5. Chapter 13. Implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty J. Goldblat Appendix A. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Appendix B. Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 30 May 1975. Appendix C. List of States which have Signed, Ratified, Acceded or Succeeded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as of March 1979 Chapter 14. Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapon Proliferation J. Rotblat. Abstracts. Glossary. Index.

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