Plutonium for Japan's nuclear reactors : (Record no. 599292)
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| fixed length control field | 02831cam a2200409 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | rnd000000000111914 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | RAND |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 930416s1993 caua b 000 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 93010298 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 083301367X |
| 027 ## - STANDARD TECHNICAL REPORT NUMBER | |
| Standard technical report number | RAND/MR-186-CC |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Sirsi) a337555 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | $13.00 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CstmoR |
| Transcribing agency | CstmoR |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | a-ja--- |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HD9698.J32 |
| Item number | S66 1993 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Solomon, Kenneth A., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1947- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Plutonium for Japan's nuclear reactors : |
| Remainder of title | paying both the proliferation and dollar price to assure long-term fuel supply / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Kenneth Alvin Solomon. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Santa Monica, CA : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | RAND, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 32 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 28 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media Type Term | computer |
| Media Type Code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier Type Term | online resource |
| Carrier Type Code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier Type Term | volume |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "Project on Avoiding Nuclear War: Managing Conflict in the Nuclear Age." |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "RAND/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Adequate supplies of electricity have allowed Japan to make impressive economic advances. But Japan can sustain these advances only with assured supplies of fuel. To this end, it diversifies both its type of power producing facilities and its sources of fuel. Nuclear power provides Japan 30% of its electricity today and by the end of the century it will grow to 40%. Japan is facing both an opportunity and a dilemma. Japan's opportunity to convert its nuclear power from the conventional uranium based fuel to the more expensive mix of plutonium and uranium fuel extends its fuel supply by up to ten years at a substantial dollar cost as well as a potential nuclear weapons proliferation cost. This study estimates that if Japan elects to fuel its reactors with mixed plutonium and uranium oxide the dollar cost alone would run from $135 million to $800 million per year over the conventional uranium fuel. This cost is compounded by the fact that plutonium - unlike reactor grade uranium - is weapons usable. Plutonium in the hands of Japan may attract other countries to also want plutonium. This study concludes that one means of assuring energy and minimizing the potential for weapons proliferation is to develop an international nuclear fuel bank that could supply countries with energy credits. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. |
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| -- | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Nuclear energy |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Nuclear fuels |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rand Corporation. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rand/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Carnegie Corporation of New York. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Link text | Online Access |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href=" http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2006/MR186.pdf"> http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2006/MR186.pdf</a> |
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