Modern technologies detailed in manual for nuclear safeguards field.

An open-access book published by the Safeguards Science and Technology group at Los Alamos National Laboratory describes techniques used to nondestructively measure the presence of uranium and plutonium in a variety of settings.

People, organizations and agencies working in nuclear safeguards and security use these techniques to

* detect and deter clandestine nuclear weapons programs,
* prevent insider attempts to steal nuclear m
Source: NDT