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Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities and Policies (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute//S I P R I Monograph)
Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996 World Inventories Capabilities and Policies - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute//S I P R I Monograph Author:David Albright, Frans Berkhout, William Walker, F. Berkhout Plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are the basic materials used in nuclear weapons. Plutonium also plays an important part in the generation of nuclear electricity. Knowing how much plutonium and HEU exists, where and in which form is vital for international security and nuclear commerce. This book is a thorough revision of the World In... more »ventory of Plutonium and highly Enriched Uranium, 1992. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the amounts of plutonium and HEU in military and civilian programmes, in nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, and in countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.« less