@article{
author = {Oleg Bukharin, James Doyle},
title = {Verification of the Shutdown or Converted Status of Excess Warhead Production Capacity: Technology Options and Policy Issues},
journal = {Science & Global Security},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
pages = {103-124},
year = {2002},
URL = {https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2002/06/verification_of_the_shutdown_o.html},
eprint = {http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs10bukharin.pdf},
abstract = {Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy has announced that nuclear warhead assembly and disassembly will be phased out at two out of four existing facilities. Arms reductions could result in a closure of additional facilities in Russia and other nuclear weapons states. A transparency regime to monitor their shutdown or converted status could become an important element of future arms control and nonproliferation initiatives as well as a possible element of the emerging U.S.-Russian nuclear security partnership. This article explores possible approaches to monitoring former warhead assembly facilities and discusses anticipated difficulties of implementing such a transparency regime.}
}