Analytical Methods For Safeguards And Accountability Measurements Of Special Nuclear Materials

Excerpt from Analytical Methods for Safeguards and Accountability Measurements of Special Nuclear Materials During its history, the New Brunswick Laboratory (nel) has developed or modified and used highly precise and accurate methods for the determination of uranium, plutonium and thorium content and isotopic abundances in a wide variety of nuclear fuel cycle materials. Currently, these capabilities have been used to provide comprehensive analytical chemistry support for the Department of Energy (doe) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (nrc) nuclear safeguards programs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book is intended to be used as a textbook and research reference for the field of nuclear nonproliferation. The book is primarily technical and focussed on methods of detecting clandestine nuclear material that might be illicitly transported. The book also touches on nuclear forensics, i.e. methods for identification, attribution, and establishment of transport pathways for illicit nuclear material. Also covered are topics of methods used for arms control and treaty verification, and an assessment of technologies under development for all of the above. A description of the government and international agencies involved in nuclear terrorism prevention, nuclear safeguards, and arms control is also included.