Science and Global Security Monograph Series

International Control of Tritium for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament

1st Edition

By Martin B. Kalinowski
March 29, 2004

Tritium is used by all nuclear weapons states to increase the explosive yield of atomic bombs and to miniaturize them. However, this radioactive material has not yet been put under appropriate international control comparable to the nuclear safeguards applied for plutonium and uranium. It is a ...