Challenges of Fissile Material Control
Published in March 1999, The Challenges of Fissile Material Control reviews U.S. and international efforts to broaden and strengthen international controls on nuclear weapons-usable materials. David Albright and Kevin O'Neill (eds.), The Challenges of Fissile Material Control, (Washington, DC: Institute for Science and International Security Press, 1999). ISBN 0-9669467-0-7, LCCN 98-75828, Copyright 1999, Institute for Science and International Security. Sorry, we are out of stock with this item. It is available for download, however. Note: All files below are in Adobe Acrobat Format. Download a reader hereTable of Contents
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Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Glossary
Acronyms Appearing in the Text
Introduction - Chapter 1 -- Making the Grade? International Fissile Material Control Efforts--DavidAlbright
- Chapter 2 -- Policies on Fissile Materials: The Cutoff Treaty and Existing Stocks--William Walker
- Chapter 3 -- Status Report on Fissile Materials: Paths to Deep Reductions and NuclearDisarmament--Kevin O'Neill
- Chapter 4 -- The Riskof Theft: Protecting Fissile Materials in the Former Soviet Union--KevinO'Neill
- Chapter 5 -- Troubles Tomorrow?Separated Neptunium 237 and Americium--David Albright and Lauren Barbour
- Appendix 1: Fissile MaterialCutoff Treaty: A Chronology--Lauren Barbour
- Appendix 2: Report of AmbassadorGerald E. Shannon of Canada on consultations on the most appropriatearrangement to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissilematerial for nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices
- Appendix 3: Draft Decisionon the establishment of an ad hoc committee under item 1 of theagenda entitled "Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nucleardisarmament"
- Appendix 4: Effortsto Place Excess Fissile Materials Under International Controls
- Appendix 5: U.S.,Russian Military Stocks of Highly Enriched Uranium