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Nuclear Security - The Nexus Among Science, Technology and Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Nuclear Security - The Nexus Among Science, Technology and Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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This textbook is the first comprehensive and systematic account of
the science, technology and policy issues associated with nuclear
energy and nuclear weapons. Throughout their account of the
evolution of nuclear policy, from its origin to the early Trump
presidency, the authors interweave clear technical expositions of
the science and technology that underpin and constrain it. The book
begins by tracing the early work in atomic physics, the discovery
of fission, and the developments that led to the Manhattan Project
and the delivery of atomic bombs against Japan that ended World War
II. It follows the initial failed attempts at nuclear disarmament,
the onset of the Cold War nuclear arms competition, and the
development of light water reactors to harness nuclear energy for
electric power generation. The authors thoroughly unpack the
problem of nuclear proliferation, examining the strategy and
incentives for states that have and have not pursued nuclear
weapons, and providing an overview of the nuclear arsenals of the
current nuclear weapon states. They trace the technical, political
and strategic evolution of deterrence, arms control and disarmament
policies from the first attempts for an Outer Space Treaty in 1957
through the new START treaty of 2009. At critical junctures in the
narrative, the authors explain the relevant nuclear science and
technology including nuclear fission and criticality; nuclear
materials and enrichment; nuclear detonation and nuclear weapons
effects; nuclear weapons stockpile constraints, stewardship and
surveillance; nuclear fusion and thermonuclear weapons;
technologies for monitoring, verification and proliferation; and
nuclear forensics. They conclude with an assessment of contemporary
issues ranging from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached
to halt Iran's nuclear weapons development program, to the threat
of nuclear terrorism, the perceived nuclear weapons policies of
Russia and China, and the US efforts to provide disincentives for
its allies to acquire their own nuclear weapons by maintaining
credible security guarantees.
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