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Contents

SIPRI Yearbook 2011

SIPRI Yearbook 2011

Appendix 7A. Global stocks and production of fissile materials, 2010

Chapter:
7. World nuclear forces
Source:
SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author(s):
Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian

Materials that can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction are essential for all types of nuclear explosives, from first-generation fission weapons to advanced thermonuclear weapons. The most common of these fissile materials are highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium of almost any isotopic composition. This appendix gives details of current stocks of HEU (table 7A.1) and separated plutonium (table 7A.2), including in weapons, and details of the current capacity to produce these materials (tables 7A.3 and 7A.4, respectively). The information in the tables is based on new estimates prepared for the Global Fissile Material Report 2010 of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.1

Citation (MLA):
Glaser, Alexander, and Zia Mian. "7. World nuclear forces." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 5 Dec. 2024. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-appendix-11.xml>.
Citation (APA):
Glaser, A., & Mian, Z. (2016). 7. World nuclear forces. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 Dec. 2024, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-appendix-11.xml
Citation (Chicago):
Glaser, Alexander, and Zia Mian. "7. World nuclear forces." In SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 5 Dec. 2024, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-appendix-11.xml
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