Author: Martin B. Kalinowski
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203569334
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Tritium is used by all nuclear weapons states to increase the explosive yield of atomic bombs and to miniaturize them. However, this radioactive material has not yet been put under appropriate international control comparable to the nuclear safeguards applied for plutonium and uranium. It is a neglected material in efforts to control the spread and