New York: EastWest Institute, 2010. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. [4], iv, 12, [4] pages, plus covers. Footnotes. Decorative front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Contents include a Foreword, Executive Summary, Introduction, Maintaining the Safety, Security, and Reliability of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile under a CTBT; Detecting Nuclear Tests Under a CTBT, Do New Technological Advances Make CTBT Ratification More Likely?; Conclusion, and Appendix. Jacqueline McLaren Miller was a Senior Associate in the Strategic Trust-Building Initiative at the EastWest Institute, where she ran the U.S. program. Her programmatic work focused on the U.S.-Russia and U.S.-China bilateral relationships as well as nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation issues. Among her publications is the co-edited book Post-Communist Politics and Change in Russia and East/Central Europe (2005). Previously, Jacqueline served as Deputy Director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Washington program. She was assistant director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and assistant director of the highly-regarded Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (PONARS). She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University. Her honors include being named a Truman Security Fellow (2010) and she was an International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Visiting Scholar in Kyrgyzstan. . Jacqueline has an AB and an MPA from Cornell University and an MPhil from The George Washington University. More

Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. vi, 100 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Volume 1 ONLY. This is the only one of the 11 volume report that was issued as unclassified. This report highlights the accomplishments of the Enhanced Surveillance Program (ESP), the highest-priority research and development in stockpile management. This is volume one of eleven, the unclassified summary of selected program highlights. These highlights fall into the following focus areas: pits, high explosives, organics, dynamics, diagnostics, systems, secondaries, materials-aging models, non-nuclear components, and surveillance testing systems. Each of these areas were documented in the other individual report volumes. Principal investigators from around the DOE complex contributed to this report. More

La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society Scientific Publications, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 280, [10] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Signed with sentiment and dated by compiler on the half-title page. Statement reads Nov. 14, 2018 "Everything in the world is done by and through people" HGR Paul; E. Cantonwine. The compiler has 20 years of experience working on nuclear fuel issues from cradle to grave - including the development, licensing and implementation of new fuel technology. With a Ph.D. In Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia, his technical skills are in Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Statistical Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, and Failure Analysis. Besides his over 25 published papers, Cantonwine published a collection of Admiral Rickover’s essays in the book “The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering. This book is a practical and philosophical look at the principles used by engineers and leaders from the perspective of Admiral Hyman George Rickover - one of America's greatest engineers. Admiral Rickover is an icon in the history of nuclear power, and one of his greatest contributions was to develop nuclear power technology to meet much higher safety and quality standards than past technological developments. The record of safety in his nuclear navy and in the US commercial nuclear industry is unique in the history of power technology, and thus the thoughts of the man most responsible for how nuclear power technology was developed in the United States should be of interest to all engineers and leaders working in a technical field-especially ones where customer/public safety and quality are paramount. More

Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Comb binding. vi, 75 pages. Clear plastic sheet in front of thesis cover. List of Figures. Abstract. Introduction. Experimental Description. Results. Conclusions, Appendices, and References. This work involved a literature survey, both theoretical and experimental methods and a review of current work. The experiment involved apparatus, procedure, sample description and post exposure analysis. The primary conclusion was that neither UO2 nor ThOs were suitable for use as structural or lining materials in exposure to pure UF4 in either the liquid or gas phase. However the results did prove the applicability of the phase diagram produced by Fonteneau and Lucas to the liquid phase reactions of these compounds, as well as proving the assumption that at the temperatures of interest in this study, corrosive reactions would proceed to equilibrium so rapidly as to make reaction kinetics relatively unimportant. More

Marina del Rey, CA: R & D Associates, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Comb binding. [2], i, 30 pages. Printed on one side only. Footnotes. Staple at top of front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. RARE surviving copy. This report was referenced in the seminal article (International Security, Fall 1987 (Vol. 12, No. 2) ), A Low Threshold Test Ban by Frank N. von Hippel, Harold A. Feiveson, and Christopher E. Paine. Jack W. Rosengren was responsible for the physics design of the first Polaris warhead and an early Minuteman warhead. Later, he became associate director for nuclear weapons design at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in California, and then deputy director for science and technology at the Defense Nuclear Agency. In this report he addresses three particular bans proposed for a Freeze, the perishability of nuclear weapons, some past examples of stockpile problems and offers conclusions related to the production of nuclear weapon materials, the production of nuclear weapons, the testing of nuclear weapons, and an overall conclusion. More

Los Alamos, NM: Bathtub Row Press, 2016. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 10.25 inches. DJ has minor edge wear. Volume I: xxviii, 29-540, Volume II: xii, 13-436 pages. Volume I lengthy inscription by the editor. on page facing title page. Short inscription by the editor on title page. Volume II signed and dated by the editor on the title page. Endpaper map and text box. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. References. Inscription in Volume I reads Robert--Thanks for your support and that of your Defense Programs colleagues to allow us to capture this important part of nuclear history. I could not have finished the book without that support. Special thanks for your continued support of international nuclear cooperation. Sig. Foreword by Charles B. Curtis. Includes A Guide to the Reader, Overview, Laying the Foundation for Cooperation, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Materials,US-Russian Lab-to-Lab Nuclear Cooperations Timeline, Nuclear Experts, Science, Stockpile Stewardship and Looking to the Future. This included biographical Information for US and Russian Contributors and a Glossary of Important Acronyms, Terms, and Organizations. Among the contributors were Sig Hecker, Vic Reis, Robert Reinovsky, C. Paul Robinson, George H. Miller, Stephen M. Younger, and Thomas O. Hunter. More

New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., 1951. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.75 inches. 191, [1] pages. DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. Front board weak with tears at seam. Missing front fep. Gift inscription [not from author] on the half-title. Inscription reads 2/11/97 To Vic Reis--Who's always cooking up something! Happy Birthday Mauri & Betty Katz. Contents include Introduction, Atomic Energy is Your Baby--But Do You Know What You've Got?; Matter, Molecules and Mystery; Molecules in Action; The Atom, Like Your Cousin Bob, is Relatively Simple; Let's Make Gold and Get Rich!; Things That are the Same, Only Different; Surprising Behavior of Neutrons and Protons; You Become an Atomic Scientist--Junior Grade; How Radioactive Isotopes are Changing History; Atoms that Die and Leave a Message; A Master Magician and Some Major Mysteries; Uranium Pile: Round 1--We Come Out Fighting; Uranium Pile Round 2--Groggy but Game; Uranium Pile Round 3--Winner and New Champion--That's You Brother!; Out-of-this-World Energy; Civil Defense--You Do or Your Die!; and The Future. There are a List of Elements and a Bibliography. Includes some chapter summaries and questions and answers. More

Las Vegas, NV: National Security Technologies, LLC, 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 25.5 inches by 11 inches, with two folds resulting in six panels (three per side) of approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches each. Distribution memo stapled to the top of the front panel. Profusely illustrated with a variety of images in color. This was the first in a series of several technical capabilities development brochures that were planned to be produced. The purpose was to feature key technical elements and world-class talent that partners and culminates in execute experiments at the Nevada Test Site; to produce information that the defense community could use as a capability awareness tool, and to expand the 'infrastructure' definition of the Nevada Test Site to feature the critical works of the Defense Program as work that the Nevada Test Site proudly supports. The target audience included NNSA, Department of Defense organizations, Homeland Security, and national security laboratories. Among the capabilities available were remote sensing, scientific imaging, optics, Field-ready prototypes, nuclear safety, subcritical experiments, materials testing, explosive disposal, physical security, in-place infrastructure, and skilled workforce. More

New York: The American Institute of Physics, 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 286 p. Illustrations. Index. This is one of the Masters of Modern Physics series. DJ has some sticker residue on the front. Hans Albrecht Bethe (July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American nuclear physicist who made important contributions to astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. For most of his career, Bethe was a professor at Cornell University. During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory that developed the first atomic bombs. There he played a key role in calculating the critical mass of the weapons and developing the theory behind the implosion method used in both the Trinity test and the "Fat Man" weapon dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945. After the war, Bethe also played an important role in the development of the hydrogen bomb, although he had originally joined the project with the hope of proving it could not be made. Bethe later campaigned with Albert Einstein and the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists against nuclear testing and the nuclear arms race. He helped persuade the Kennedy and Nixon administrations to sign the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (SALT I). His scientific research never ceased and he was publishing papers well into his nineties, making him one of the few scientists to have published at least one major paper in his field during every decade of his career, which in Bethe's case spanned nearly seventy years. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, 512, [4] pages. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling and is price-clipped. Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941) is a biographer, literary critic, and academic, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US in 1965. The first volume (1986) of his Life of Langston Hughes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his Ralph Ellison: A Biography was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. Rampersad was a Professor of English and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He was Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities from January 2004 to August 2006. His published books include biographical works on W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Arthur Ashe, Jackie Robinson, Ralph Ellison, as well as edited volumes of the writings by Richard Wright. More

Santa Fe, NM: Los Alamos Study Group, 2000. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Postal Card. Format is 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches. Postal card format. Some wear and soiling noted. Rare surviving item of anti-nuclear, pro-Nonproliferation and pro Arms Control ephemera. The front of the postal card has an illustration labeled One Earth, One Life with a quotation from The Vatican, 1997. The other side has about two thirds on the left filled with text. The right side has a Postage Paid statement printed in and a Los Alamos recipient's address printed on the postcard. The text was addressed to "Dear Los Alamos colleague--" The text addressed the 2000 holiday season and indicated that in 2001 the Los Alamos Study Group would be redoubling their efforts to advance nuclear disarmament, protect the environment, and foster economic justice and sustainability. It solicited recipients to help them as advisors, volunteers and/or donors. The text asserted that the 'stockpile stewardship' program at LANL was being conducted in conflict with U.S. commitments under the Nonproliferation Treaty. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non-rectangular shapes may also be used but are rare. In some places, one can send a postcard for a lower fee than a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (which require a postage stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage pre-printed on them). While a postcard is usually printed and sold by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by the relevant postal authority (often with pre-printed postage). More

Oak Ridge, TN: Y-12 National Security Complex, 2012. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [2],xix, [1], 191, [1] pages. Illustrations (including vugraphs). Formulae. Footnotes. Figures. Tables. References. The workshop had several keynote speakers whose remarks have been summarized. There were working group reports in the areas of Transport, Thermodynamics and Phase Stability, Chemical Kinetics and Phase Transformation, Mechanical (Stress), Neutronics, Electronic Data Management and Retrieval, Mining, Assessment and Selected of Needed Compatibility Data, Measurement Practice for achieving High Value Data, Data Validity and Veritas, and Leadership and Management of the Industry-Wide Database. This was followed by Path Forward/Recommendations and a List of the Participants. Perhaps the most significant portion of this document is the Report of the Working Group on Leadership and Management of the Industry-Wide Database which was chaired by Robert Hanrahan of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Some of the other Working Group chairpersons were associated with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Idaho National Laboratory, the Y-12 National Security Complex, and the National Institute for Science and Technology. The sponsors of this workshop had a vision of a Nuclear Materials Compatibility Data Archive. More

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 336 pages. Appendices. Glossary. Notes. Index. Inscription by the author on the fep. Inscription reads 8/7/06 To Dr. Vic Reis, I am humbled to be asked to place this book into your capable hands. You area a true nuclear visionary. As said, I'm sure you will be able to weave aspects of this book into your clever & innovative methods of presenting our marvelous technology. Go GNEP! Alan Waltar. Introduction by Dr. Helene Langevin-Joliot (Granddaughter of Marie Curie) entitled Marie Curie and the World of Radiation. Major Chapter headings are: Our Common Quest for Life; Thriving in Radiation; Harnessing Radiation; Agriculture; Medicine; Electricity; Modern Industry; Transportation; Space Exploration; Terrorism, Crime, and Public Safety; Arts and Sciences; Environmental Protection; Modern Economy; A Day with the Atom; and A Glimpse into the Future. Dr. Alan Waltar was the 40th president of the American Nuclear Society. He joined the ANS in 1967. He has chaired numerous committees at the Society, as well as several ANS Topical Meetings. In 1984, he was elected an ANS Fellow, the highest grade of membership offered by the Society. He retired as Senior Advisor and Director of Nuclear Energy for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His earlier career included numerous managerial assignments with Westinghouse Hanford Company. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has consulted for numerous IAEA functions, the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Council, the Department of Energy, and several private nuclear firms. More