Power Plays
Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security
Published on 23. March 2016
210 pages
978-1-317-07687-2 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation, safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by extension, plutonium. A wide range of geopolitical, security and technical issues are examined, as are the challenges presented to national and global governance. This book contributes to a new understanding of one of the most serious security implications inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation. It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs of failure.
Reviews / Votes
'...reflects on the forty years of nuclear history since the NPT and argues that the world must have a rules-based nuclear order and one in which enriched uranium and plutonium can be guaranteed by international cooperation to the growing number of countries that are turning to nuclear power. Herein lies an important response to climate change, terrorism and weapons proliferation.' Wayne Reynolds, Newcastle University, AustraliaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-07687-2 (9781317076872)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2010
1st Edition
Routledge
€206.20
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Person
Christopher Hubbard is a Senior Lecturer, International Relations and Security, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: Enriched Uranium and Homeland Security; Chapter 2 Securing the Homeland, Securing the World; Chapter 3 The International Institutional Framework; Chapter 4 Assessing Security Threats Inherent in Nuclear Fuels; Chapter 5 The Historical Record: Failure and Success; Chapter 6 Strategic Security and Enriched Uranium; Chapter 7 Nuclear Terrorism and Enriched Uranium; Chapter 8 Old and New Strategies for Non-proliferation Progress; Chapter 9 The Future: Alternative Policy Pathways for the Twenty-first Century; Chapter 10 Conclusions: Global Threats and Opportunities;
