A Reexamination of the Nuclear Proliferation Problems Presented by World-Wide Requirements for Enriched Fuel; Relating the February 1965 Options to Today.

Arnold Kramish

Expert InsightsPublished 1968

Current interest in acquiring facilities for the production of uranium-235 for nuclear power plants, in addition to the desire of U.S. industry to acquire private ownership and operation of government uranium enrichment facilities, makes it imperative that policy on such facilities be reexamined in all its facets. Outside of the United States a growing list of nations show interest in constructing such plants. Further, the meaning of the Non-Proliferation Treaty will be profoundly affected by the nature of the solutions of the fuel accessibility problem, and today regions other than Europe (Japan, for example) must be included. Some of the action options, or variants thereof, which were available previously have changed or vanished. In the light of these facts, the February 1965 paper is reproduced. Some of the content must be modified by the realities of interim political change and by the lessons of operating experience. 16 pp.

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Kramish, Arnold, A Reexamination of the Nuclear Proliferation Problems Presented by World-Wide Requirements for Enriched Fuel; Relating the February 1965 Options to Today. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1968. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3923.html.
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