CLANDESTINE DIVERSION OF SOURCE NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN A POWER REACTOR

Abstract

The paper considers the problem of clandestine diversion of strategic quantities of nuclear materials (particularly plutonium) from nuclear power reactors, for use in nuclear weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654641

Entities

People

  • William E. Hoehn

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Development
  • Materials
  • Middle East
  • Motivation
  • Neutron Capture
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Production
  • Production Rate
  • Side Effects
  • Ussr
  • Visual Inspection
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics