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U.S. Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles (1987)

AuteurT.B.Cochran, Arkin, Norris, Hoenig
Datum1987
Classificatie 3.01.3.12/06 (VS - PROLIFERATIEBELEID - KERNWAPENS & PROEVEN)
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Preface

The Nuclear Weapons Databook is meant to be a current and accurate encyclopedia 
of information about nuclear weapons. It should assist the many people who are 
actively working on the problems of the nuclear armsrace. Today there is no greater 
threat to the human environment than a nuclear holocaust. Because of the obvious
and terrifying consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, the Natural Resources 
Defense Council (NRDC) has followed every aspect of nuclear development for
over a decade. NRDC has long believed that accurateinformation is critical in 
understanding the imperative for and implications of arms control. Information 
about nuclear weapons, policy, plans, and implications remains shrouded in secrecy. 
Informed public decisions on nuclear arms questions can occur if better and more 
information on the subject is available. The purpose of this Databook is to help 
overcome this barrier.

Volumes II and III of the Databook series describe the research, testing, and 
manufacture of U.S. nuclear warheads, focusing on the complex of facilities and 
the activities they perform. Volume II is comprised of five chapters. Chapter One 
provides an historical overview of the forty-year evolution of the U.S. nuclear 
warhead stockpile, noting its size, cost, growth, and diversity. Chapter Two reviews 
the major laboratories, material production facilities, component production 
facilities,and test sites. Chapter Three discusses the production of nuclear materials, 
estimates their inventories, and surveys initiatives underway to increase them. 
Chapter Four describes the missions and functions of major civilian and military 
officials who decide upon the acqusition of nuclear warheads. Chapter Five reviews 
the major technologies and processes used to produce nuclear materials.
Volume III is comprised of profiles of thirty-four facilities where warhead research 
and development, testing, and production take place.

xiv Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume III

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