Russian naval nuclear fuel and reactors dangerous unknowns

Nonproliferation Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-197

  Reistad, Ole ^a   Mærli, Morten Bremer ^a   Bøhmer, Nils ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ice breakers; Marine reactors; Naval reactors; Nonproliferation; Nuclear fuel; Reactor design; Russian reactors; Submarines

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849107184     PISSN: 10736700     EISSN: 17461766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10736700500209171     Document Type: Article

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