Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Program on Science and Global Security, The International Panel on Fissile Materials, 2008. Wraps. [8], 43, [1] pages. Illustrations (photographs, figures, and tables--some with color). Acronyms. Endnotes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Numerous ink marks/comments noted. The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) was founded in January 2006. It is an independent group of arms-control and nonproliferation experts from both nuclear weapon and non-nuclear weapon states. The mission of the IPFM is to analyze the technical basis for practical and achievable policy initiatives to secure, consolidate, and reduce stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. These fissile materials are the key ingredients in nuclear weapons, and their control is critical to nuclear weapons disarmament, to halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and to ensuring that terrorists do not acquire nuclear weapons. IPFM research and reports are shared with international organizations, national governments and nongovernmental groups. The founding members of the Panel include experts from sixteen countries: Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security provides administrative and research support for IPFM. More