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Power plays : enriched uranium and homeland security / Christopher Hubbard.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Homeland security series | Homeland security seriesPublisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2010]Copyright date: copyright 2010Description: xii, 198 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780754676935 (hbk)
  • 0754676935 (hbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TK9152.165 H835 2010
Contents:
Introduction: enriched uranium and homeland security -- Securing the homeland, securing the world -- The international institutional framework -- Assessing security threats inherent in nuclear fuels -- The historical record; failure and success -- Strategic security and enriched uranium -- Nuclear terrorism and enriched uranium -- Old and new strategies for non-proliferation progress -- The future: alternative policy pathways for the 21st century -- Conclusions: global threats and opportunities.
Summary: A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation, safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by extension, plutonium. A wide range of geopolitical, security and technical issues are examined, as are the challenges presented to national and global governance. This book contributes to a new understanding of one of the most serious security implications inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation. It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs of failure.
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Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة TK9152.165 H835 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000043584
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة TK9152.165 H835 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30010000268438

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: enriched uranium and homeland security -- Securing the homeland, securing the world -- The international institutional framework -- Assessing security threats inherent in nuclear fuels -- The historical record; failure and success -- Strategic security and enriched uranium -- Nuclear terrorism and enriched uranium -- Old and new strategies for non-proliferation progress -- The future: alternative policy pathways for the 21st century -- Conclusions: global threats and opportunities.

A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation, safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by extension, plutonium. A wide range of geopolitical, security and technical issues are examined, as are the challenges presented to national and global governance. This book contributes to a new understanding of one of the most serious security implications inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation. It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs of failure.

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