The nuclear enterprise : high-consequence accidents : how to enhance safety and minimize risks in nuclear weapons and reactors / / edited by George P. Shultz and Sidney D. Drell |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.483 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ShultzGeorge Pratt <1920->
DrellSidney D <1926-> (Sidney David) |
Collana | Hoover Institution Press publication |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear power plants - United States - Safety measures
Nuclear power plants - Safety measures Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures |
ISBN |
0-8179-1526-5
0-8179-1528-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""List of Figures and Tables ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction by SIDNEY D. DRELL, GEORGE P. SHULTZ, and STEVEN P. ANDREASEN ""; ""Session I: Safety Issues�Nuclear Weapons ""; ""1 Designing and Building Nuclear Weapons to Meet High Safety Standards by SIDNEY D. DRELL ""; ""2 A Personal Account of Steps Toward Achieving Safer Nuclear Weapons in the U.S. Arsenal by ROBERT L. PEURIFOY ""
""3 The Interplay Between Civilian and Military Nuclear Risk Assessment, and Sobering Lessons from Fukushima and the Space Shuttle by CHRISTOPHER STUBBS """"4 Long-Range Effects of Nuclear Disasters by RAYMOND JEANLOZ ""; ""5 Naval Nuclear Power as a Model for Civilian Applications by DREW DEWALT ""; ""Session II: Nuclear Reactor Safety ""; ""6 Lessons Learned of “Lessons Learned�: Evolution in Nuclear Power Safety and Operations by EDWARD BLANDFORD and MICHAEL MAY ""; ""7 Nuclear Technology Development: Evolution or Gamble? by PER F. PETERSON and REGIS A. MATZIE "" ""8 The Spent Fuel Problem by ROBERT J. BUDNITZ """"9 International Issues Related to Nuclear Energy by WILLIAM F. MARTIN and BURTON RICHTER ""; ""10 Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power in China and India by JEREMY CARL ""; ""Session III: Economic and Regulatory Issues ""; ""11 The Capture Theory of Regulation by GARY S. BECKER ""; ""12 The Federal Regulatory Process as a Constraint on Regulatory Capture by JOHN F. COGAN ""; ""13 A Comparison of Government Regulation of Risk in the Financial Ser vices and Nuclear Power Industries by JOHN B. TAYLOR and FRANK A. WOLAK "" ""14 Discussion Notes on the Economics of Nuclear Energy by MICHAEL J. BOSKIN """"Session IV: Media and Public Policy ""; ""15 Media and Public Policy by JIM HOAGLAND ""; ""16 The Nuclear Credibility Gap: Three Crises by DAVID E. HOFFMAN ""; ""Conference Agenda ""; ""About the Authors ""; ""Index "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823613403321 |
Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2012 | ||
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Nuclear weapons [[electronic resource] ] : annual assessment of the safety, performance, and reliability of the nation's stockpile |
Autore | Aloise Gene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 21 pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - United States - Evaluation
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures Nuclear weapons - United States - Reliability |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Nuclear Weapons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698338903321 |
Aloise Gene | ||
Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nuclear weapons [[electronic resource] ] : actions needed to identify total costs of weapons complex infrastructure and research and production capabilities : report to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 48 pages) : illustrations, map |
Soggetto topico | Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Nuclear weapons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910700135403321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Peer review and design competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (84 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.179 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures
Nuclear weapons - Security measures |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-37844-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction and Charge; 2 The Past: Before the 1992 Nuclear Explosion Testing Moratorium; 3 The Present: From 1992 Until Today; 4 The Future: Responding to Evolving Challenges; Appendixes; Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meetings of the Committee; Appendix C: Authorizing Language for the Study; Appendix D: Acronyms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460600503321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 | ||
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Peer review and design competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (84 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.179 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures
Nuclear weapons - Security measures |
ISBN |
0-309-37846-X
0-309-37844-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction and Charge; 2 The Past: Before the 1992 Nuclear Explosion Testing Moratorium; 3 The Present: From 1992 Until Today; 4 The Future: Responding to Evolving Challenges; Appendixes; Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meetings of the Committee; Appendix C: Authorizing Language for the Study; Appendix D: Acronyms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797708203321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Peer review and design competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (84 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.179 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures
Nuclear weapons - Security measures |
ISBN |
0-309-37846-X
0-309-37844-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction and Charge; 2 The Past: Before the 1992 Nuclear Explosion Testing Moratorium; 3 The Present: From 1992 Until Today; 4 The Future: Responding to Evolving Challenges; Appendixes; Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meetings of the Committee; Appendix C: Authorizing Language for the Study; Appendix D: Acronyms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823067603321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reinvigorating the Air Force nuclear enterprise / / prepared by the Air Force Nuclear Task Force |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (approximately 141 pages) : color illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures
Nuclear weapons - Security measures - United States Armed Forces - Management Military policy - Evaluation Military readiness - Evaluation Nuclear weapons - Safety measures Nuclear weapons - Security measures |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698972803321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, , [2008] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 130 pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures Nuclear weapons - Security measures - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698781003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, , [2008] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, hearing held January 21, 2010 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 68 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Security measures - United States
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703184503321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unauthorized movement of nuclear weapons and mistaken shipment of classified missile components : an assessment / / by Michelle Spencer, Aadina Ludin, Heather Nelson |
Autore | Spencer Michelle L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 90 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.8/25119 |
Collana | The counterproliferation papers. Future warfare series |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Security measures - United States
Nuclear weapons - United States - Safety measures Nuclear weapons - Risk management - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Unauthorized movement of nuclear weapons and mistaken shipment of classified missile components |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702661303321 |
Spencer Michelle L. | ||
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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