Published February 1977
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Journal article
Plutonium, proliferation, and policy
Description
The technological and political considerations underlying the storage, disposal and reprocessing of plutonium are presented. The need for regulatory authority at the international level is stressed, especially in connection with reactor fuels that have the potential for use as weapons
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Technol. Rev.
- Journal Volume
- 79
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Technol. Rev.
- Journal Page Range
- 58-65
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 9369836
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ECONOMICS; FUEL CYCLE; GLOBAL ASPECTS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; PROLIFERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPROCESSING; SAFEGUARD REGULATIONS; SOCIOLOGY; SPENT FUELS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HAZARDS; LAW; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REGULATIONS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STORAGE; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE