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Analytical Methods for Nonproliferation

Edward C. Morse (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVI, 250 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-29729-3 (ISBN)

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This book is intended to be used as a textbook and research reference for the field of nuclear nonproliferation. The book is primarily technical and focussed on methods of detecting clandestine nuclear material that might be illicitly transported. The book also touches on nuclear forensics, i.e. methods for identification, attribution, and establishment of transport pathways for illicit nuclear material. Also covered are topics of methods used for arms control and treaty verification, and an assessment of technologies under development for all of the above. A description of the government and international agencies involved in nuclear terrorism prevention, nuclear safeguards, and arms control is also included.

Introduction.- Nuclear Proliferation.- The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism.- Interdiction of Nuclear Material.- 2. Nuclear Explosives.- History.- Device Physics.- Special Nuclear Material.- 3. Signatures and Background.- Simplified Transport Calculations.- The Radiation Background.- Problems.- 4. Detection Statistics.- Classical and Bayesian Statistics.- Counting Statistics.- Confusion Matrices.- Receiver Operating Characteristics.- Application of Bayesian Statistical Methods.- Pulse Shape Discrimination as an Example of Binary Classification.- Problems.- 5. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle.- Mining and Chemical Processing of Uranium.- UF₆ Conversion and Enrichment.- Post-Reactor.- Conversion of Military Materials.- Waste Management.- Enrichment Technologies.- Reactors and Proliferation.- Problems.- 6. Nuclear Forensics.- Introduction.- Attribution Methods.- Analysis Tools.- Problems.- 7. Nuclear Testing.- Introduction and History.- The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the International Monitoring System.- Radionuclide Monitoring.- Seismic Signals.- Hydroacoustic Monitoring.- Infrasonic Signatures.- Concluding Remarks.- Problems.- 8. Active Interrogation.- Introduction.- Neutron Active Interrogation.- Photofission.- Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence.- Dose Considerations.- 9. Advanced Detection Technologies.- Introduction.- Advanced Scintillator Materials.- Advanced Semiconductor Detectors.- Alternatives to ³HE.- Imaging Detectors.- Concluding Remarks.- Problems.- 10.- Arms Control and Treaty Verification.- Introduction.- Neutron Multiplicity Counting.- Pu300, Pu600, and Pu900 Methods.- Neutron Imaging.- Neutrino Methods.- Concluding Remarks.- Problems.- 11. Public Policy and Proliferation.- Introduction.- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Nuclear Nonproliferation Activities within the US Government.- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).- A The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.- The Atomic Energy Act.- The Area under the ROC Curve for Gaussian Probability Distributions.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 250 p. 104 illus., 100 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
Themenwelt	Technik
Schlagworte	Active Interrogation Methods • Characterization and Evaluation of Materials • Clandestine Nuclear Material Transport • Detection Statistics • Detection Statistics • Detection technologies • Measurement Science and Instrumentation • npt • nuclear energy • Nuclear Engineering • Nuclear Explosives • Nuclear Forensics • Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Wastes • nuclear proliferation • Nuclear testing • Physics and Astronomy • Public International Law • Security Science and Technology • Treaty Verification
ISBN-10	3-319-29729-5 / 3319297295
ISBN-13	978-3-319-29729-3 / 9783319297293
Zustand	Neuware