Presentation - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Nuclear 101: Uranium Enrichment and Plutonium Production

| October 4, 2011

Project on Managing the Atom Nuclear 101 Seminar Series

Project on Managing the Atom's Nuclear 101 series presents overviews of key issues affecting the future of nuclear weapons, energy, and nonproliferation policies.

Princeton University's R. Scott Kemp discussed uranium enrichment for nuclear weapons, and Research Fellow David Nusbaum presented on plutonium production.

 

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For Academic Citation: Kemp, R. Scott and David Nusbaum. “Nuclear 101: Uranium Enrichment and Plutonium Production.” Presentation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, October 4, 2011. (presented at Project on Managing the Atom Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts).

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