324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1983, this book presents both the technical and political information necessary to evaluate the emerging threat to world security posed by recent advances in uranium enrichment technology. Uranium enrichment has played a relatively quiet but important role in the history of efforts by a number of nations to acquire nuclear weapons and by a number of others to prevent... Read more

Preface.  List of Figures and Tables.  Introduction.  Part 1  1. Fundamentals of Uranium Enrichment  2. Enrichment and Proliferation  3. Options for Control  4. Conclusions and Recommendations  Part 2  5. General Principles of Uranium Enrichment  6. Enrichment Processes  Part 3  7. A History of Non-Proliferation Efforts  8. The World Enrichment Picture.  Appendix 8A. Nuclear Power Growth 1980‒1990.  Appendix 8B. Demand For and Supply of Enrichment Services.  References.  Index.

Biography

Allan S. Krass, Peter Boskma, Boelie Elzen, Wim A. Smit

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. Based in Stockholm, SIPRI is regularly ranked among the most respected think tanks worldwide.