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Science & Global Security
The Technical Basis for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Initiatives
Volume 4, 1993 - Issue 1
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Explosive properties of reactor‐grade plutonium

Pages 111-128 | Published online: 21 Dec 2007

Notes and references

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  • Wohlstetter , Albert . 1976–1977 . Foreign Policy , 25 winter : 160
  • Locke , Gerhard . 1992 . “Why Reactor‐Grade Plutonium is No Nuclear Explosive Suitable for Military Devices,” . prepared for Workshop on the Disposition of Plutonium . June 13–16 1992 , Bonn.
  • Küppers , Christian and Imkeller , Ulrich . Bericht zur Waffentauglichkeit von Reaktorplutonium , IANUS Institute für Kernphysik, Tech‐niche Hochschule Darmstadt . According to Egbert Kankeleit,
  • Assuming an outer radius for the core of seven centimeters and an ambient temperature of 20°C.
  • Swahn , Johan . 1992 . “The Long‐Range Nuclear Explosives Predicament” . Göteborg : Technical Peace Research Group, Institute of Physical Research Theory .

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