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Nuclear fusion power for weapons purposes: an exercise in nuclear proliferation forecasting / Franceschini, Giorgio; Englert, Matthias; Liebert, Wolfgang   Journal Article
Franceschini, Giorgio Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract Fusion reactors have the potential to be used for military purposes. This article provides quantitative estimates about weapon-relevant materials produced in future commercial fusion reactors and discusses how suitable such materials are for use in nuclear weapons. Whether states will consider such use in the future will depend on specific regulatory, political, economic, and technical boundary conditions. Based on expert interviews and the political science literature, we identify three of these conditions that could determine whether fusion power will have a military dimension in the second half of this century: first, the technological trajectory of global energy policies; second, the management of a peaceful power transition between rising and declining powers; and third, the overall acceptance of the nuclear normative order. Finally, the article discusses a few regulatory options that could be implemented by the time fusion reactors reach technological maturity and become commercially available; such research on fusion reactor safeguards should start as early as possible and accompany the current research on experimental fusion reactors.
Key Words Plutonium  Nuclear Proliferation  Safeguards  Nuclear Fusion  Tritium 
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Nuclear weapons research and modernization without testing: the CTBT in danger / Franceschini, Giorgio; Schaper, Annette 2006  Book
Schaper, Annette Book
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Publication Frankfurt, Peace Research Institute frankfurt, 2006.
Description 42p.
Standard Number 39378829474
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