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ID075784
Title ProperOn the feasibility of safeguarding uranium mines
LanguageENG
AuthorKemp, R Scott
Publication2006.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This research report explains why safeguards on uranium-ore mines are a theoretically interesting way of dealing with clandestine enrichment facilities, complementing several nonproliferation schemes. A description of mining operations explains how safeguarding mines could fulfill two nonproliferation objectives: ensuring the non-diversion of uranium from mines, and establishing a certified inventory of uranium for use in follow-on material accounting. However, this report also finds that it is essentially impossible to detect undeclared mining, and that this fatal flaw eliminates the ability of safeguards on mines to be useful in addressing the clandestine enrichment problem.
`In' analytical NoteNonproliferation Review Vol. 13, No.2; Jul 2006: p417-425
Journal SourceNonproliferation Review Vol. 13, No.2; Jul 2006: p417-425
Key WordsSafeguards ;  Mines ;  Uranium ;  Ore


 
 
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