Introduction
Nuclear Proliferation
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
Interdiction of Nuclear Material
2. Nuclear Explosives
History
Device Physics
Special Nuclear Material
3. Signatures and Background
Simplified Transport Calculations
The Radiation Background
Problems
4. Detection Statistics
Classical and Bayesian Statistics
Counting Statistics
Confusion Matrices
Receiver Operating Characteristics
Application of Bayesian Statistical Methods
Pulse Shape Discrimination as an Example of Binary Classification
Problems
5. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Mining and Chemical Processing of Uranium
UF6 Conversion and Enrichment
Post-Reactor
Conversion of Military Materials
Waste Management
Enrichment Technologies
Reactors and Proliferation
Problems
6. Nuclear Forensics
Introduction
Attribution Methods
Analysis Tools
Problems
7. Nuclear Testing
Introduction and History
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the International Monitoring System
Radionuclide Monitoring
Seismic Signals
Hydroacoustic Monitoring
Infrasonic Signatures
Concluding Remarks
Problems
8. Active Interrogation
Introduction
Neutron Active Interrogation
Photofission
Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence
Dose Considerations
9. Advanced Detection Technologies
Introduction
Advanced Scintillator Materials
Advanced Semiconductor Detectors
Alternatives to 3HE
Imaging Detectors
Concluding Remarks
Problems
10
Arms Control and Treaty Verification
Introduction
Neutron Multiplicity Counting
Pu300, Pu600, and Pu900 Methods
Neutron Imaging
Neutrino Methods
Concluding Remarks
Problems
11. Public Policy and Proliferation
Introduction
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Nuclear Nonproliferation Activities within the US Government
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
A The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The Atomic Energy Act
The Area under the ROC Curve for Gaussian Probability Distributions
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