International safeguards and satellite imagery key features of the nuclear fuel cycle and computer-based analysis

With the considerable advances made in the quality of sensors on board commercial observation satellites, information gained from them not only became widely available, but very useful for the verification of a number of arms control treaties including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jasani, Bhupendra (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455101206719
Table of Contents:
  • A Key for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • Non-proliferation and International Nuclear Material Safeguards
  • Satellite Capabilities and Orbits
  • Perspectives of Satellite Imagery Analysis for Verifying the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • Key Features of Nuclear Power Reactors
  • Key Features of Nuclear Research Reactors
  • Application of the #x2019;Key#x2019; to High Resolution Satellite Images
  • Key Features of Enrichment & Reprocessing Plants
  • Computer-based Image Analysis
  • Object-based Image Analysis
  • Nuclear Power Reactors
  • Nuclear Research Reactors
  • Image Data and Safeguards
  • Detection of Changes in Images
  • Concluding Remarks.