Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation
Achieving Security with Technology and Policy
- 2nd Edition - February 15, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editor: James Doyle
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 2 7 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 2 7 2 - 5
Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference covering the cutting-edge technolog… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference covering the cutting-edge technologies used to trace, track and safeguard nuclear material. Sections cover security, the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, improvised nuclear devices, and how to prevent nuclear terrorism. International case studies of security at nuclear facilities and illegal nuclear trade activities provide specific examples of the complex issues surrounding the technology and policy for nuclear material protection, control and accountability. New case studies include analyses of nuclear programs of important countries, such as North Korea, Iran, and Kazakhstan, among others.
This is a thoroughly updated, must-have volume for private and public organizations involved in driving national security, domestic and international policy issues relating to nuclear material security, non-proliferation, and nuclear transparency.
- Covers the continuing efforts to reduce the size of nuclear arsenals
- Highlights the challenges of verifying nuclear weapons reduction
- Summarizes issues from the 2015 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference
- Illuminates the evolving status of nonproliferation and safeguards in Iran and DPRK
International government policy makers; technical staff of the U.S. National Laboratories; government agencies including -- National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC), Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS); government think tanks; professionals in border security and intelligence; energy/ utility corporations in nuclear materials security; traditional physical security and security management professionals; U.S. Homeland Security academic programs; students in nuclear engineering, physics, and chemistry programs; students in international security, policy and non-proliferation
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 15, 2019
- No. of pages (Paperback): 480
- No. of pages (eBook): 480
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128032718
- eBook ISBN: 9780128032725
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James Doyle
James E. Doyle has worked in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory since 1997. His professional focus is on systems analysis, strategic planning, and policy development. Dr. Doyle holds a Ph.D. in international security studies from the University of Virginia. He has managed cooperative projects with Russia’s nuclear weapons institutes on the development of technologies and procedures for monitoring the dismantlement and storage of nuclear warheads and fissile materials. Previously, Dr. Doyle was a senior policy analyst at Science Applications International Corporation.
Affiliations and expertise
Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USARead Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation on ScienceDirect