@article{1441007,
      recid = {1441007},
      author = {Nacht, Michael, and Frank, Michael, and Prussin, Stanley,  G.,},
      title = {Nuclear security : the nexus among science, technology and  policy /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This textbook is the first comprehensive and systematic  account of the science, technology and policy issues  associated with nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.  Throughout their account of the evolution of nuclear  policy, from its origin to the early Trump presidency, the  authors interweave clear technical expositions of the  science and technology that underpin and constrain it. The  book begins by tracing the early work in atomic physics,  the discovery of fission, and the developments that led to  the Manhattan Project and the delivery of atomic bombs  against Japan that ended World War II. It follows the  initial failed attempts at nuclear disarmament, the onset  of the Cold War nuclear arms competition, and the  development of light water reactors to harness nuclear  energy for electric power generation. The authors  thoroughly unpack the problem of nuclear proliferation,  examining the strategy and incentives for states that have  and have not pursued nuclear weapons, and providing an  overview of the nuclear arsenals of the current nuclear  weapon states. They trace the technical, political and  strategic evolution of deterrence, arms control and  disarmament policies from the first attempts for an Outer  Space Treaty in 1957 through the new START treaty of 2009.  At critical junctures in the narrative, the authors explain  the relevant nuclear science and technology including  nuclear fission and criticality; nuclear materials and  enrichment; nuclear detonation and nuclear weapons effects;  nuclear weapons stockpile constraints, stewardship and  surveillance; nuclear fusion and thermonuclear weapons;  technologies for monitoring, verification and  proliferation; and nuclear forensics. They conclude with an  assessment of contemporary issues ranging from the Joint  Comprehensive Plan of Action reached to halt Iran's nuclear  weapons development program, to the threat of nuclear  terrorism, the perceived nuclear weapons policies of Russia  and China, and the US efforts to provide disincentives for  its allies to acquire their own nuclear weapons by  maintaining credible security guarantees.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1441007},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75085-5},
}