Book Review: The New Nuclear Forensics

Here we have a text that fulfills its purpose well. It serves well as an introduction to nuclear forensics for those with a minimum of analytical and engineering background. If readers have some analytical chemistry or nuclear analysis capability under their belts so much the better, but in large measure, the book can be read with minimal knowledge in these areas. As a bonus, this text also provides a historical perspective of the field. Another unique contribution is the discussion of real-world applications of forensic techniques using recent events such as the North Korean nuclear tests.