Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
India-United States Cooperation on Global Security : Summary of a Workshop on Technical Aspects of Civilian Nuclear Materials Security, Paperback / softback Book

India-United States Cooperation on Global Security : Summary of a Workshop on Technical Aspects of Civilian Nuclear Materials Security Paperback / softback

Edited by Nabeel Mancheri, Rajaram Nagappa, Micah Lowenthal, Rita Guenther

Paperback / softback

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks

Description

The U.S. government has made safeguarding of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium an international policy priority, and convened The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on April 12 and 13, 2010.

Forty six governments sent delegations to the summit and twenty nine of them made national commitments to support nuclear security.

During the Summit, India announced its commitment to establish a Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership.

The Centre is to be open to international participation through academic0 exchanges, training, and research and development efforts. India-United States Cooperation on Global Security is the summary of a workshop held by the U.S.

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) together with its partner of more than 15 years, the National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bangalore, India.

The workshop identified and examined potential areas for substantive scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries on issues related to nuclear material security.

Technical experts from India and the United States focused on topics of nuclear material security and promising opportunities for India and the United States to learn from each other and cooperate.

This report discusses nuclear materials management issues such as nuclear materials accounting, cyber security, physical security, and nuclear forensics. Table of ContentsFront MatterSynopsis1 Introduction and Overview of Civilian Nuclear Materials2 Systems Approach to Security at Civilian Nuclear Facilities3 Physical Security at Civilian Nuclear Facilities4 Cybersecurity at Civilian Nuclear Facilities5 The Importance of People in Securing Civilian Nuclear Facilities6 The Emerging Science of Nuclear Forensics7 Nuclear Energy and the Challenge of Development in India8 Implementing Systems Approaches to Security at Civilian NuclearFacilities9 General Discussion and Suggested Future ActionsAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: Statement of TaskAppendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and SessionModeratorsAppendix D: Biographical Sketches of NAS Planning Committee MembersAppendix E: List of Collaboration Topics Suggested by WorkshopParticipants

Information

Save 5%

£40.00

£37.65

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information