James P. Timbie, "Energy from Bombs: Problems and Solutions in the Implementation of a High-Priority Nonproliferation Project," Science & Global Security, 12, no. 3, (2004): 165-189.
The U.S.-Russian cooperative project to convert highly enriched uranium from the Russian nuclear weapons program into reactor fuel and sell it for peaceful use in commercial power stations is a high-priority nonproliferation initiative. Implementation of this project, however, has encountered a wide variety of problems. This account examines the obstacles encountered and the practical solutions that have been developed to allow this project to realize its nonproliferation goals.
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