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Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation, safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by extension, plutonium. A wide range of geopolitical, security and technical issues are examined, as are the challenges presented to national and global governance. This book contributes to a new understanding of one of the most serious security implications inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation. It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs of failure.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-05-28
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt521 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHomeland Security
Antal sidor210
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780754676935

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security; Chapter 2 Securing the Homeland, Securing the World; Chapter 3 The International Institutional Framework; Chapter 4 Assessing Security Threats Inherent in Nuclear Fuels; Chapter 5 The Historical Record: Failure and Success; Chapter 6 Strategic Security and Enriched Uranium; Chapter 7 Nuclear Terrorism and Enriched Uranium; Chapter 8 Old and New Strategies for Non-proliferation Progress; Chapter 9 The Future: Alternative Policy Pathways for the Twenty-first Century; Chapter 10 Conclusions: Global Threats and Opportunities;

'...reflects on the forty years of nuclear history since the NPT and argues that the world must have a rules-based nuclear order and one in which enriched uranium and plutonium can be guaranteed by international cooperation to the growing number of countries that are turning to nuclear power. Herein lies an important response to climate change, terrorism and weapons proliferation.' Wayne Reynolds, Newcastle University, Australia