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2–1 Damage Radii for Various Effects of Nuclear Explosions as Functions of Yield 23
2–2 Lethal and Significant Contamination Areas for Release of Air Suspensions of Plutonium Inside Buildings 25
3–1 Characteristics of Typical U.S. Reactors 50
3–2 Forecasts of U.S. Nuclear Power and Associated Nuclear Material Flows—1972–1980 52
3–3 Total Masses of Material that Contain One Fast Critical Mass of Material, if Separated from other Materials and Converted to Metal (Total Mass in Kilograms) 54
3–4 Fuel Cycle Materials Rank Ordered by Increasing Weights Required to Yield One Critical Mass of Fission Explosive Material in Metallic Form without Uranium Enrichment 54
3–5 Fuel Cycle Materials Rank Ordered by Increasing Weights Required to Provide One Critical Mass of Fission Explosive Material without either Chemical Processing or Isotope Enrichment 55
4–1 U.S. Nuclear Power Forecast 60
4–2 Nuclear Power Options, 1980–2000 63
4–3 Annual Production Rates of Nuclear Weapon Materials 65
7–1 Possible Nuclear Material Categories for a System of "Graded" Safeguards 130
B–1 Characteristics of Typical Foreign Reactors 195
B–2 Forecasts of Foreign Nuclear Power and Associated Nuclear Material Flows—1972–1980 196
B–3 Foreign Nuclear Power, by Country 197
B–4 Foreign Forecast of Installed Nuclear Power Capacity (Thousands of Megawatts) Excluding Communist Countries 198