Disarmament agreements between the US and Russia for reducing the number of stockpiled nuclear weapons require verification of the origin of materials as having come from dissembled weapons.
Revised: February 27, 2002 |
Published: December 11, 2001
Citation
Peurrung A.J., R.J. Arthur, R.J. Elovich, B.D. Geelhood, R.T. Kouzes, S.L. Pratt, and R.D. Scheele, et al. 2001.The 871 keV Gamma Ray From O-17 and the Identification of Plutonium Oxide.Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 474, no. 3:285-293.PNNL-SA-33134.