Project vinca: Lessons for securing civil nuclear material stockpiles

Nonproliferation Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Bleek, Philipp C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248051877     PISSN: 10736700     EISSN: 17461766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10736700308436940     Document Type: Article

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