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Plutonium : a history of the world's most dangerous element / by Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Blank Page; Blank Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Preamble; II The History of Uranium; III The Periodic Table; IV Frau Röntgen's Hand; V Close Calls; VI Fissions; VII Transuranics; VIII Plutonium Goes to War; IX Los Alamos; X Electrons; XI Now What?…”
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...-German cooperation in the elimination of excess weapons plutonium /...

Table of Contents: “…-GERMAN COOPERATION IN THE ELIMINATION OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM -- Copyright -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Context -- 1.1. …”
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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium. by Control, Committee on International Security and Arms

Table of Contents: “…""Monitoring Dismantlement""""MANAGING DISMANTLEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND HEALTH""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""5 Intermediate Storage""; ""PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS AND PLANS FOR PLUTONIUM STORAGE""; ""The United States""; ""Pits at Pantex""; ""Plutonium in Other Forms""; ""Future Plans""; ""Russia""; ""Storage of Weapons Components""; ""Plutonium in Other Forms""; ""TECHNICAL ISSUES""; ""Criteria for Plutonium Storage""; ""Classes of Plutonium Storage Facilities""; ""Forms of Plutonium for Storage""; ""ES & H, Costs, Schedules, and Facility Availability""; ""Proliferation Risk""…”
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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium : Reactor-Related Options. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""CLASSES OF DISPOSITION OPTIONS""""PRESENT AND FUTURE FISSILE MATERIAL STOCKPILES""; ""Excess Weapons Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Total World Plutonium and HEU Stockpiles""; ""Military Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Civilian Plutonium Stockpiles""; ""Projected Plutonium Stocks in the Year 2000""; ""HEU Stockpiles""; ""WORLD NUCLEAR-ENERGY SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION""; ""Nuclear-Power Plant Types and Numbers""; ""Civilian Plutonium Separation and Use""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Criteria for Comparing Disposition Options""; ""CRITERIA RELATED TO SECURITY AND TIMING""…”
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Modeling of processes and reactors for upgrading of heavy petroleum by Ancheyta, Jorge

Subjects: “…Plutonium.…”
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An Evaluation of the Electrometallurgical Approach for Treatment of Excess Weapons Plutonium.

Table of Contents: “…""AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CISAC Findings""; ""Efforts of the Fissile Materials Disposition Program""; ""MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET""; ""Plutonium Disposition Flow Sheet Option""; ""Modified Flow Sheet: Conclusions""; ""Modified Flow Sheet: Recommendations""; ""WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS""; ""Expected Waste Forms""; ""Zeolite Waste Form""; ""Physical Characteristics""…”
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Spent fuel standard for disposition of excess weapon plutonium : application to current DOE options /

Subjects: “…Plutonium Storage Government policy United States.…”
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Safety and security of commercial spent nuclear fuel storage : public report

Subjects: “…Plutonium Recycling.…”
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Setting the stage for international spent nuclear fuel storage facilities : international workshop proceedings

Subjects: “…Plutonium Recycling Congresses.…”
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Plutopia : nuclear families, atomic cities, and the great Soviet and American plutonium disasters / by Brown, Kate (Kathryn L.)

Table of Contents: “…Matthias goes to Washington -- Labor on the lam -- Labor shortage -- Defending the nation -- The city plutonium built -- Work and the women left holding plutonium -- Hazards -- The food chain -- Of flies, mice and men -- Part II. …”
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Strengthening long-term nuclear security : protecting weapon-usable material in Russia

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Unmaking the bomb : a fissile material approach to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation by Feiveson, Harold A., Glaser, Alexander, 1969-, Mian, Zia, Von Hippel, Frank

Table of Contents: “…Ending the separation of plutonium --…”
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Dynamics of fluids and transport in complex fractured-porous systems

Table of Contents: “…Plutonium transport in soil and plants : an interdisciplinary study motivated by lysimeter experiments at the Savannah River Site /…”
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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case by Fox, Michael H.

Table of Contents: “…How Bad Is Plutonium? --…”
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Radioisotope power systems : an imperative for maintaining U.S. leadership in space exploration

Table of Contents: “…The problem -- Background -- Plutonium-238 supply -- RPS research and development.…”
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How nuclear weapons spread : nuclear-weapon proliferation in the 1990s by Barnaby, Frank

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; THE LINK BETWEEN PEACEFUL AND MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES; The nuclear fuel cycle; Uranium production; Uranium enrichment; Nuclear-power reactors; Reprocessing; NUCLEAR POWER IN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLY; THE PLUTONIUM ECONOMY AND HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM; Civil use of highly-enriched uranium; The reprocessing of highly-enriched uranium spent reactor fuel elements; Use of highly-enriched uranium in nuclear weapons; The problems of reprocessing; THE COMPONENTS OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS; Implosion; Pre-detonation; Reactor-grade plutonium.…”
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United States and India strategic cooperation

Table of Contents: “…NUCLEAR DEAL; CONCLUSIONS; End Notes; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN INDIA AND THE U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; FISSILE MATERIALS IN INDIA; Weapons Grade Plutonium; Civil Plutonium; The Uranium Constraint; Power Reactor Spent Fuel; The Fast Breeder Reactor Program; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I: POWER REACTORS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN; End Notes; TERRORISM, MISSILES, AND ARMS CONTROL.…”
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Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West by Findlay, John M., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Plutonium, production, and pollution : Hanford's career as federal enclave -- The atomic city of the West : Richland and the Tri-Cities -- The politics of Hanford : warfare and welfare -- Hanford and the Columbia River Basin : economy and ecology.…”
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Safety of nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities : specific safety guide. by IAEA

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Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternatives for the Removal and Disposition of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Flouride Salts. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…Fluoride Salt Chemistry, Partitioning, and System Corrosion""; ""CHEMISTRY RELEVANT TO THE PRESENT STATUS""; ""Chemical Consequences of Radiolysis""; ""PARTITIONING OF URANIUM FROM THE SALT""; ""PLUTONIUM PARTITIONING BY FLUORINATION""; ""NONFLUORINATION OPTION FOR PLUTONIUM SEPARATION""…”
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