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Title:
Proliferation risks of magnetic fusion energy: clandestine production, covert production and breakout
Authors:
Glaser, A.; Goldston, R. J.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ), AB(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
Publication:
Nuclear Fusion, Volume 52, Issue 4, article id. 043004, 9 pp. (2012).
Publication Date:
04/2012
Origin:
IOP
DOI:
10.1088/0029-5515/52/4/043004
Bibliographic Code:
2012NucFu..52d3004G

Abstract

Nuclear proliferation risks from magnetic fusion energy associated with access to weapon-usable materials can be divided into three main categories: (1) clandestine production of weapon-usable material in an undeclared facility, (2) covert production of such material in a declared facility and (3) use of a declared facility in a breakout scenario, in which a state begins production of fissile material without concealing the effort. In this paper, we address each of these categories of risks from fusion. For each case, we find that the proliferation risk from fusion systems can be much lower than the equivalent risk from fission systems, if the fusion system is designed to accommodate appropriate safeguards.
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