Proliferation-Proof Uranium/Plutonium Fuel Cycles: Safeguards and Non-Proliferation

After description of the uranium / plutonium fuel cycle results are reported for various isotopic compositions of reactor-grade plutonium for usability in hypothetical nuclear explosive devices. It is shown that it is mainly thermal analyses, besides neutron physics analyses, which indicate the limi...

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Main Author: Kessler, Günther (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2011
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