China’s fissile material protection, control, and accounting: The case for renewed collaboration

Nonproliferation Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 89-106

  Busch, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960319638     PISSN: 10736700     EISSN: 17461766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10736700208436906     Document Type: Article

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