Improving the assessment of the proliferation risk of nuclear fuel cycles / Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear fuels--Safety measures.

Nuclear fuels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weapons and therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to proliferation for a non-nuclear weapon state. There is a tension between the development of future nuclear fuel cycles and managing the risk of proliferation as the number of existing and future nuclear energy systems expands throughout the world. As the Department of Energy (DOE) and other parts of the government make decisions about future nuclear fuel cycles, DOE would like to improve proliferation assessments to better inform those decisions. Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles considers how the current methods of quantification of proliferation risk are being used and implemented, how other approaches to risk assessment can contribute to improving the utility of assessments for policy and decision makers. The study also seeks to understand the extent to which technical analysis of proliferation risk could be improved for policy makers through research and development' --Publisher's description.

Contents:

Background and Introduction

Key Proliferation Policy Questions

Utility of Proliferation Assessments

Application of Other Risk Methodologies

Identification of R&D for Improving Assessments

Communication of Proliferation Risk

Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Appendix B: Evaluation of Predefined Frameworks

Appendix C: Statement of Task

Appendix D: Presentations and Committee Meetings

Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309285353

0309285356

9780309285339

030928533X

OCLC:

923289785