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Nuclear Fissile Materials (2013)

Auteur	Bellona, A.Nikitin, V.Kuznetsov, A.Zolotkov, V.Menshchikov, A.Shchukin
Datum	2013
Classificatie	2.34.0.00/14 (RUSLAND - ALGEMEEN)
Opmerking	Bellona report 2013
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Foreword

The first edition of Nuclear Fissile Materials was prepared and published by 
Bellona's experts in late 2011. The report sparked an interest among the general 
public and specialists in the field, who offered Bellona their comments and 
suggestions regarding additional information and amendments for the report.
This is the second and updated edition of the report Nuclear Fissile Materials. In 
this revised version, a new chapter, Thorium, has been added to the report, and the 
chapter Safety and Environmental Issues of Handling Nuclear Fissile Materials has 
been expanded significantly. The authors have also decided to remove the previous 
edition's chapter on economics and issue it as stand-alone publication.
Structurally, the present edition is divided into seven chapters with information 
on uranium, uranium oxide and MOX fuels, spent nuclear fuel, weapons-grade 
plutonium, highly enriched uranium, and thorium. Each chapter contains brief 
information on the technologies and sources of production (generation) of nuclear 
materials, their chemical, physical, and other properties. These chapters also 
include information on the management (application, storage, transportation, 
decommissioning, etc.) of nuclear fissile materials.
Additionally, the report presents information on the major companies and enterprises 
engaged in production and enrichment of uranium, fabrication of various kinds of 
fuel, reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, and management of accumulated stockpiles 
of plutonium and enriched uranium. Issues of international practices in managing 
nuclear fissile materials, and the policies that the top nuclear nations have adopted 
in this domain, are examined as well.
Our hope is that the information offered in this report will give the public a more 
detailed view of the nuclear fissile materials accumulated in the world, the varying 
practices of managing these materials, and the policies of various nations - including 
Russia - in this field. We deem it important that the information gathered in this 
report might be used in order to form opinions, proposals, and signals for political 
and public initiatives where issues of management of nuclear fissile materials are 
concerned.

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