Isotopic signatures of weapon-grade plutonium from dedicated natural uranium-fueled production reactors and their relevance for nuclear forensic analysis

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Glaser, Alexander ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE; PLUTONIUM; PRODUCED WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; URANIUM; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

ACCESS TO DATABASE; FAST NEUTRON REACTORS; GRAPHITE-MODERATED; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MILITARY PLUTONIUM; NUCLEAR FORENSICS; NUCLEAR MATERIAL; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS;

EID: 70349616777     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE163-26     Document Type: Article

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