Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; THE LINK BETWEEN PEACEFUL AND MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES; The nuclear fuel cycle; Uranium production; Uranium enrichment; Nuclear-power reactors; Reprocessing; NUCLEAR POWER IN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLY; THE PLUTONIUM ECONOMY AND HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM; Civil use of highly-enriched uranium; The reprocessing of highly-enriched uranium spent reactor fuel elements; Use of highly-enriched uranium in nuclear weapons; The problems of reprocessing; THE COMPONENTS OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS; Implosion; Pre-detonation; Reactor-grade plutonium.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Frank Barnaby examines the far-reaching effects - both beneficial and detrimental - of nuclear weapons, and looks in detail at the nuclear programmes of Third World countries, including India, Israel and Pakistan.
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Title
How nuclear weapons spread.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Arms Control.