U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile : tritium and lithium production issues / / Renee Duncan, editor

• Autore: Duncan Renee
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] : , : Novinka, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (89 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.8251190973
• Soggetto topico: Uranium enrichment - International cooperation; Tritium - Government policy - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): DuncanRenee
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE TRITIUM AND LITHIUM PRODUCTION ISSUES ; U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE TRITIUM AND LITHIUM PRODUCTION ISSUES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: INTERAGENCY REVIEW NEEDED TO UPDATE U.S. POSITION ON ENRICHED URANIUM THAT CAN BE USED FOR TRITIUM PRODUCTION* ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND ; ABBREVIATIONS ; BACKGROUND ; International Agreements and Peaceful Use Restrictions ; Existing and Proposed Enrichment Facilities in the United States That Use or Will Use Foreign Technology U.S. Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Markets ; Tritium Production; DOE HAS ONLY USED UNOBLIGATED LEU TO MEET NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS FOR TRITIUM PRODUCTION ; DOE'S PRACTICE OF USING UNOBLIGATED LEU FOR TRITIUM PRODUCTION IS BASED ON A MIX OF LEGAL AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, BUT A KEY ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING THIS PRACTICE HAS CHANGED ; DOE's Practice of Using Unobligated LEU Is Based on a Mix of Legal and Policy Considerations ; DOE References Legal Considerations for Its Practice ; Only One of the Three International Agreements We Reviewed Explicitly Addresses by-product Material Such as Tritium U.S. Nonproliferation Policy Goals Call for DOE to Use Unobligated LEU for Tritium Production; The Key Assumption Underlying DOE's Practice, Available Unobligated LEU, Has Changed; CONCLUSION ; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION ; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION ; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY ; APPENDIX II: PEACEFUL USE LANGUAGE IN KEY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ADDRESSING URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITIES OPERATING OR PLANNED FOR OPERATION IN THE UNITED STATES ; APPENDIX III: PEACEFUL USE LANGUAGE IN ADDITIONAL SELECT TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS RELATED TO NONPROLIFERATION AND NUCLEAR TRADEEnd Notes; End Notes for Appendix I ; End Note for Appendix III ; Chapter 2 DOE PROJECT MANAGEMENT: NNSA SHOULD ENSURE EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES FOR LITHIUM PRODUCTION ; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND ; BACKGROUND ; NNSA's Nuclear Security Enterprise ; Lithium Production ; Qualification Process ; DOE's Capital Asset Acquisition Process and Mission Need Statement Development ; NNSA's Lithium Production StrategyNNSA HAS IDENTIFIED VARIOUS CHALLENGES IN ITS LITHIUM PRODUCTION STRATEGY ; NNSA Has Identified Challenges in Three Key Areas ; Insufficient Supply of Lithium Material ; Catastrophic Failure of Buildings or Equipment ; Potential Delays in the Availability of the Proposed Lithium Production Capability Facility ; NNSA Has Identified Mitigating Actions to Address Some Challenges ; NNSA'S MISSION NEED STATEMENT FOR A LITHIUM PRODUCTION CAPABILITY IS NOT FULLY INDEPENDENT OF A PARTICULAR SOLUTION ; CONCLUSION ; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION ; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile
• ISBN: 1-63484-476-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910702717403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nuclear materials and disaster research.