U.S.-German cooperation in the elimination of excess weapons plutonium [[electronic resource] /] / German-American Academic Council and National Academy of Sciences

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (90 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1747
• Soggetto topico: Radioactive waste disposal; Plutonium; Disarmament
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""U.S.-GERMAN COOPERATION IN THE ELIMINATION OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 1: Context ""; ""1.1. URGENCY AND PROBLEM""; ""1.2. RELEVANT EXISTING STUDIES""; ""1.2.1. The National Academy of Sciences Study""; ""1.2.2. The Status of the Implementation of the NAS Study Recommendations""; ""Declarations and Transparency""; ""Dismantlement""; ""Intermediate Storage""; ""Disposition""; ""1.2.3. The German/Russian Study""; ""1.3. OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR POTENTIAL COLLABORATION""; ""1.3.1. WPu Disposition Using MOX"" ; ""1.3.2. Vitrification of WPu with High Level Waste""""1.3.3. Comparison of the MOX and Vitrification Option for the Disposal of WPu""; ""1.3.4. Material Protection, Control, and Accounting""; ""Chapter 2: Assistance, Infrastructure, and Policies ""; ""2.1. WESTERN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIAN DISARMAMENT""; ""2.1.1. U.S. Assistance""; ""2.1.2. European and Other Western Assistance""; ""2.1.3. Assessment of Activities""; ""2.2. RUSSIAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY""; ""2.2.1. Experience with MOX Use and Fabrication""; ""2.2.2. Experience with Vitrification"" ; ""2.2.3. Evolution of Russian Nuclear Policy""""2.3. GERMAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY""; ""2.3.1. Experience with MOX Use and Fabrication""; ""2.3.2. Experience with Vitrification""; ""2.3.3. German Nuclear Policy and Infrastructure""; ""Chapter 3: Principles for German Participation ""; ""3.1. PRINCIPLES OF GERMAN PARTICIPATION""; ""3.2. THE SAFEGUARDING OF RUSSIAN AND GERMAN ACTIVITIES""; ""Chapter 4: Recommendations for German Participation ""; ""4.1. MATERIALS PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING""; ""4.2. INTERMEDIATE STORAGE""; ""4.3. RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISPOSITION OPTIONS"" ; ""4.3.1. The “Hanau Optionâ€?""""4.3.2. A Large MOX Fabrication Plant in Russia""; ""4.3.3. A Small MOX Fabrication Facility""; ""4.3.4. A Small Pilot Vitrification Facility""; ""Chapter 5: Summary of Recommendations ""; ""INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS""; ""MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING (MPC&A)""; ""INTERMEDIATE STORAGE""; ""THE “HANAU OPTIONâ€?""; ""A LARGE MOX FABRICATION PLANT IN RUSSIA""; ""SMALL MOX FABRICATION FACILITY""; ""SMALL PILOT VITRIFICATION FACILITY""; ""Appendix A: Executive Summary of the NAS Plutonium Study ""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS"" ; ""CRITERIA AND CONTEXT""""World Stocks of Fissile Materials""; ""The International Environment""; ""THE PROPOSED WEAPONS AND FISSILE MATERIALS REGIME""; ""Internationalizing the Regime""; ""INTERMEDIATE STORAGE""; ""Present and Planned Arrangements""; ""A New Storage Regime""; ""LONG-TERM DISPOSITION""; ""Categories, Criteria, and Standards""; ""The Preferred Approaches""; ""The Spent Fuel Option""; ""The Vitrification Option""; ""The Deep-Borehole Option""; ""Other Approaches""; ""Beyond the Spent Fuel Standard""; ""THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS"" ; ""Declarations And Dismantlement""
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S.-German cooperation in the elimination of excess weapons plutonium
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451852803321
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