The New Nuclear Forensics

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).

• 1. Introduction: Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes ; PART I. NUCLEAR FORENSIC METHODS ; 2. The Process of Nuclear Forensic Analysis ; Appendix 2A. Basic Facts and Definitions Related to Measurements ; 3. Inorganic Mass Spectrometry as a Tool of Destructive Nuclear Forensic Analysis ; 4. Gamma Spectroscopy as a Tool of Non-destructive Nuclear Forensic Analysis ; 5. Sample Characteristics and Nuclear Forensic Signatures ; 6. Radionuclides and Signatures Relevant for Post-explosion Environments ; PART II. NUCLEAR FORENSICS IN PRACTICE ; 7. The Origins of Nuclear Forensic Analysis I: the United States and the Soviet Union ; 8. The Origins of Nuclear Forensic Analysis II: analysis of nuclear weapon debris in Sweden ; Appendix 8A Detection by Sweden of Chinese Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere ; 9. Applications of Nuclear Forensic Analysis