Abstract
This article describes the research programs of the national laboratories in developing satellites for detection of nuclear weapons material production. The present designs detect thermal emissions from reactors and electromagnetic radiation from nuclear explosions. Future designs hope to detect the vegetation kill zones around waste holding tanks associated with uranium and plutonium processing.
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