LEADER 05153nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910778764403321 005 20230421033203.0 010 $a1-280-19351-4 010 $a9786610193516 010 $a0-309-58737-9 010 $a0-585-02540-1 035 $a(CKB)110986584751510 035 $a(EBL)3376334 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000196453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203004 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143197 035 $a(PQKB)11582101 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376334 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376334 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055463 035 $a(OCoLC)923262983 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584751510 100 $a19950810d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManagement and disposition of excess weapons plutonium$b[electronic resource] $ereactor-related options /$fPanel on Reactor-Related Options for the Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium [and] Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences 210 $aWashington, DC $cNational Academy Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (436 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-05145-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 390-396). 327 $a""Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE SPENT FUEL STANDARD""; ""Promising and Unpromising Options for Meeting the Spent Fuel Standard""; ""The Leading-Candidate Options: Specific Cases and Their Timing""; ""OTHER ASPECTS OF SECURITY""; ""ECONOMIC COMPARISONS""; ""ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND HEALTH (ES&H)""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Parallel Project-Oriented Programs""; ""Working with Russia""; ""The Longer Term""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1 Introduction""; ""ROAD MAP OF THE REPORT""; ""UNCERTAINTIES"" 327 $a""GOALS, TIMING, AND RELATED FACTORS""""The Importance of Timing""; ""Cost and Other Objectives""; ""U.S. AND RUSSIAN PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION: DIFFERENCES AND LINKAGES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Background""; ""PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF NUCLEAR FISSION""; ""Fission and Chain Reactions""; ""Reactor Cooling and Electricity Generation""; ""Energetics and Fuel Consumption""; ""Fuel Preparation, Refueling, and Reprocessing""; ""Preparation""; ""Refueling""; ""Reprocessing""; ""Some Differences Between Plutonium- and Uranium-Based Reactor Fuels""; ""Some Relevant Aspects of Weapon Science"" 327 $a""CLASSES OF DISPOSITION OPTIONS""""PRESENT AND FUTURE FISSILE MATERIAL STOCKPILES""; ""Excess Weapons Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Total World Plutonium and HEU Stockpiles""; ""Military Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Civilian Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Projected Plutonium Stocks in the Year 2000""; ""HEU Stockpiles""; ""WORLD NUCLEAR-ENERGY SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION""; ""Nuclear-Power Plant Types and Numbers""; ""Civilian Plutonium Separation and Use""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Criteria for Comparing Disposition Options""; ""CRITERIA RELATED TO SECURITY AND TIMING"" 327 $a""The Context for Security Concerns and Criteria""""Specific Security Concerns and Threat Characteristics""; ""A Matrix Scheme for Characterizing Options""; ""Start Dates""; ""End Dates""; ""Integrated Inventory""; ""Dilution""; ""Intrinsic Barriers""; ""Implementation-Dependent Barriers""; ""The Threat and Vulnerability Interaction""; ""Criteria for Choice""; ""ISSUES AND CRITERIA IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES""; ""Principles and Pitfalls in Cost Comparisons""; ""Inflation and the Real Cost of Money""; ""Property Taxes and Insurance"" 327 $a""Costs of Land, Materials, Labor, and Purchased Components""""Indirect Construction Costs""; ""Contingency""; ""Interest on Preoperational Investments""; ""Comprehensiveness""; ""Net Versus Gross Costs and Revenues and the Treatment of Sunk Costs""; ""Operational Lifetime of Facilities""; ""ISSUES AND CRITERIA RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND HEALTH""; ""Proposed ES&H Criteria for Disposition of Weapons Plutonium""; ""Rationale for the Proposed Criteria""; ""The Main ES&H Issues in Weapons Plutonium Disposition""; ""OTHER CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Public Acceptability"" 327 $a""Institutional Acceptability"" 606 $aRadioactive waste disposal$xManagement 606 $aPlutonium$xIsotopes 606 $aNuclear weapons$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSurplus military property$zUnited States$xManagement 615 0$aRadioactive waste disposal$xManagement. 615 0$aPlutonium$xIsotopes. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aSurplus military property$xManagement. 676 $a621.48/38 712 02$aNational Academy of Sciences.$bCommittee on International Security and Arms Control. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778764403321 996 $aManagement and disposition of excess weapons plutonium$93772441 997 $aUNINA