But during the 1970s this situation changed dramatically. Several new and far more accessible enrichment techniques were developed, stimulated largely by the anticipation of a rapidly growing demand for enrichment services by the world-wide nuclear power industry. This proliferation of new techniques, coupled with the subsequent contraction of the commercial market for enriched uranium, has created a situation in which uranium enrichment technology might well become the most important contributor to further nuclear weapon proliferation.
Some of the issues addressed in this book are:
- A technical analysis of the most important enrichment techniques in a form that is relevant to analysis of proliferation risks;
- A detailed projection of the world demand for uranium enrichment services;
- A summary and critique of present institutional non-proliferation arrangements in the world enrichment industry, and
- An identification of the states most likely to pursue the enrichment route to acquisition of nuclear weapons.
But during the 1970s this situation changed dramatically. Several new and far more accessible enrichment techniques were developed, stimulated largely by the anticipation of a rapidly growing demand for enrichment services by the world-wide nuclear power industry. This proliferation of new techniques, coupled with the subsequent contraction of the commercial market for enriched uranium, has created a situation in which uranium enrichment technology might well become the most important contributor to further nuclear weapon proliferation.
Some of the issues addressed in this book are:
- A technical analysis of the most important enrichment techniques in a form that is relevant to analysis of proliferation risks;
- A detailed projection of the world demand for uranium enrichment services;
- A summary and critique of present institutional non-proliferation arrangements in the world enrichment industry, and
- An identification of the states most likely to pursue the enrichment route to acquisition of nuclear weapons.
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Uranium Enrichment and Nuclear Weapon Proliferation
324Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780367523251 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 11/18/2020 |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security , #7 |
Pages: | 324 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |