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Technical and proliferation‐related aspects of the dismantlement of Russian Alfa‐Class nuclear submarines

Mohini Rawool‐Sullivan Technical staff member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
,
Paul D. Moskowitz Manager of the Environmental Threat Reduction Program in the Nonproliferation and National Security Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
&
Ludmila N. Shelenkova Assistant biophysicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nonproliferation and National Security Department
Pages 161-171 | Published online: 05 Feb 2008

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