Publisher's Synopsis
With the changing global political climate and the end of the Cold War, the United States nuclear weapons program has shifted from developing/producing new weapons to the dismantlement and maintenance of the existing stockpile. Preserving the safety, security, and confidence in the nuclear deterrent, while the United States continues to provide global leadership in arms control and non-proliferation, will require new and innovative perspectives from health physicists as the stockpile becomes the oldest in the 50-year history of the nuclear age. This book discusses this important topic in depth.
