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“prof christopher hobbs”

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security

    by Prof Christopher Hobbs, Dr Sarah Tzinieris, Prof Sukesh Aghara ...
    The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security provides a comprehensive examination of efforts to secure sensitive nuclear assets and mitigate the risk of nuclear terrorism and other non-state actor threats. It aims to provide the reader with a holistic understanding of nuclear security through exploring its legal, political, and technical dimensions at the international, national, and organizational ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

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    Good Or Evil

    by Grant Boyden ...
    Series series Conspiracy
    Is it one of the worlds most controversial tools of science or just another weapon of mass destruction? The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, AKA HAARP, is an ionospheric research program designed to advance our understanding of Earth Science.But, HAARP is not only capable of helping mankind, it can destroy it too. This book will make you stop and think because the difference with ... Read more

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  • Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

    by Scott L. Montgomery, Thomas Graham, Jr ...
    Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity. Global threats of climate change and lethal air pollution, killing millions each year, make it clear that nuclear and renewable energy must work together, as non-carbon sources of energy. Fortunately, a new era of growth in this energy source is underway in developing nations, though not yet in the West. Seeing the Light is ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Sleepwalking to Armageddon

    The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

    Edited by Helen Caldicott ...
    A frightening but necessary assessment of the threat posed by nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century, edited by the world's leading antinuclear activistWith the world's attention focused on climate change and terrorism, we are in danger of taking our eyes off the nuclear threat. But rising tensions between Russia and NATO, proxy wars erupting in Syria and Ukraine, a nuclear-armed Pakistan, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Doomsday Machine

    The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel

    by Martin Cohen, Andrew McKillop ...
    Today, there are over one hundred nuclear reactors operating in our backyards, from Indian Point in New York to Diablo Canyon in California. Proponents claim that nuclear power is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels, and due to rising energy consumption and the looming threat of global warming, they are pushing for an even greater investment. Here, energy economist Andrew McKillop and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Nuclear Enterprise

    High-Consequence Accidents: How to Enhance Safety and Minimize Risks in Nuclear Weapons and Reactors

    Edited by George P. Shultz, Sidney D. Drell ...
    A panel of expert contributors offers its views on the risks and rewards of the nuclear enterprise, focusing on issues of safety, regulation, and public perception. Contributors discuss specific experience and issues regarding the technical safety of weapons and power plants, management operations, regulatory measures, and the importance of accurate communication by the media. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revisiting South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program

    by David Albright, Andrea Stricker ...
    How did South Africa obtain nuclear weapons? How did the apartheid government dismantle this intensely secret program?In 1989, South Africa made the momentous decision to abandon its nuclear weapons, making it the first and still the only country that has produced nuclear weapons and given them up. Over thirty years, the apartheid regime had created a remarkably sophisticated capability to build ... Read more

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  • Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation

    Achieving Security with Technology and Policy

    by James Doyle ...
    With an increase of global security concerns over potential terrorist acts, the threat of WMDs, and increasing political issues with nations seeking nuclear capability, the need to track, detect, and safeguard nuclear material globally has never been greater. Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation is a comprehensive reference that covers cutting-edge technologies used to trace, track, ... Read more

    $104.39 USD

  • International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation–60 Years of IAEA and EURATOM

    Proceedings of the XX Edoardo Amaldi Conference, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, October 9-10, 2017

    Edited by Luciano Maiani, Said Abousahl, Wolfango Plastino ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and non-proliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. The book opens by addressing important political, institutional, and legal dimensions. Current challenges are discussed ... Read more

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  • Nuclear Terrorism

    Countering the Threat

    Edited by Brecht Volders, Tom Sauer ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    This volume aims to improve understanding of nuclear security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism.Nuclear terrorism is perceived as one of the most immediate and extreme threats to global security today. While the international community has made important progress in securing fissile material, there are still important steps to be made with nearly 2,000 metric tons of weapons-usable nuclear ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Cultivating Confidence

    Verification, Monitoring, and Enforcement for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

    Edited by Corey Hinderstein ...
    Ten expert contributors present a blueprint for actions future government leaders will need to guide policy making to reduce nuclear dangers. The authors identify the key technical, political, and diplomatic challenges associated with verifying, monitoring, and enforcing a world free of nuclear weapons and provide potential solutions to those challenges. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Atomic Assistance

    How "Atoms for Peace" Programs Cause Nuclear Insecurity

    by Matthew Fuhrmann ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Nuclear technology is dual use in nature, meaning that it can be used to produce nuclear energy or to build nuclear weapons. Despite security concerns about proliferation, the United States and other nuclear nations have regularly shared with other countries nuclear technology, materials, and knowledge for peaceful purposes. In Atomic Assistance, Matthew Fuhrmann argues that governments use ... Read more

    $27.89 USD