Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Explosive Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities (2005)
Chapter: Appendix B Acronyms
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"Appendix B Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Explosive Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/11265.
Appendix B
Acronyms
ABM
Anti-ballistic missile
CTBT
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CSA
Canned subassembly
CTR
Cooperative threat reduction
FMCT
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
G8
Group of 8
GTRI
Global Threat Reduction Initiative
HEU
Highly enriched uranium
HTGR
High-temperature gas-cooled reactor
ICBM
Intercontinental ballistic missile
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
INF
Intermediate range nuclear forces
JCIC
Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission, START I
LEU
Low enriched uranium
LWR
Light-water reactor
MOX
Mixed oxide of plutonium and uranium
MPC&A
Material protection, control, and accounting
NEM
Nuclear-explosive materials
NPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NTM
National Technical Means
PSI
Proliferation Security Initiative
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Explosive Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/11265.
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