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Title: Utility of Social Modeling in Assessment of a State’s Propensity for Nuclear Proliferation

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1028566· OSTI ID:1028566

This report is the third and final report out of a set of three reports documenting research for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Security Administration (NASA) Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development NA-22 Simulations, Algorithms, and Modeling program that investigates how social modeling can be used to improve proliferation assessment for informing nuclear security, policy, safeguards, design of nuclear systems and research decisions. Social modeling has not to have been used to any significant extent in a proliferation studies. This report focuses on the utility of social modeling as applied to the assessment of a State's propensity to develop a nuclear weapons program.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1028566
Report Number(s):
PNNL-20492; NN2001000; TRN: US1106016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English