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Nuclear Weapons Materials Gone Missing: What Does History Teach?

ByStrategic Studies InstituteU.S. Army War College

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In 2009, the President of the United States spotlighted nuclear terrorism as one of the top threats to international security and launched an international effort to identify, secure, and dispose of global stocks of weapons-usable nuclear materials—namely highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium. Since that time, three nuclear security summits have been held, along with scores of studies and workshops (official and unofficial), drawing sustained high-level attention to the threat posed by these materials. However, little attention has been given to incidences where sensitive nuclear materials actually went missing. This volume seeks to correct this deficiency, examining incidences of material unaccounted for (MUF) arising from U.S. and South African nuclear weapons programs, plutonium gone missing from Japanese and British civilian production facilities, and a theft of highly enriched uranium from a U.S. military contractor in the 1960s that was used to help fuel Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

Details

Publication Date
Jan 19, 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781312846708
Category
Reference
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Strategic Studies Institute, By (author): U.S. Army War College, By (author): Henry D. Sokolski

Specifications

Pages
203
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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