Published September 15, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

A long view of global plutonium management

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Description

Dealing with the large and growing world inventories of fissile materials from all sources is a major part of the long term challenge of limiting the danger from nuclear weapons. Providing clean, safe nuclear power may also be needed to prevent conditions from arising which could lead to large scale nuclear weapon (re)armament. ADTT technologies might reconcile the seeming dilemma of providing nuclear power while maintaining a very low world inventory of nuclear materials which can be used in weapons. This vision for ADTT should be tested in a variety of ways, including comparisons with competing approaches and with other objectives. Such testing is one part of constructing a path for a decades-long, worldwide implementation campaign for ADTT

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
346
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-7
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications
Dates
25-29 Jul 1994
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40034082
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATOR DRIVEN TRANSMUTATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FISSILE MATERIALS; IMPLEMENTATION; INVENTORIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EVALUATION; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUELS; MATERIALS; METALS; POWER; REACTOR MATERIALS; TRANSMUTATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WEAPONS

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Notes
(c) 1995 American Institute of Physics.