Curbing the spread of nuclear weaponsWith the 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the background, this book provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for the specialist and non-specialist alike. It considers nuclear weapons from varying perspectives, including the technology perspective, which views them as spillovers from nuclear energy programmes; and the theoretical perspective, which looks at the collision between national and international security – the security dilemma – involved in nuclear proliferation. It aims to demonstrate that international security is unlikely to benefit from encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons except in situations where the security complex is already largely nuclearised. |
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... Materials Anti-Ballistic Missile (Treaty) African Commission on Nuclear Energy advanced gas-cooled reactor Association ... material unaccounted for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nuclear) Non-proliferation Treaty Nuclear Suppliers ...
... material', which is nearly always the common uranium isotope uranium-238 (or more rarely thorium – see below). Finally, as soon as a reactor begins to operate, the original fissile material is gradually used up as energy is produced (it ...
... material, some thorium will be converted into uranium-233, a uranium isotope similar in properties to uranium-235, which, after chemical separation, could be used mixed with fresh thorium to form the next batch of fuel. Peaceful and non ...
... material will produce neutrons spontaneously. The neutrons are a form of radioactive emission. Each of these neutrons, on colliding with intact fissile material, will stimulate new fission and cause further neutrons to be released ...
... material is surrounded by a heavy metallic casing (or 'tamper', as opposed to being left 'bare'), in order to improve neutron economy (some escaping neutrons are reflected back in) and therefore reduce the critical mass. At the same ...
Contents
The International Atomic Energy Agency and safeguards | |
Understanding nuclearfree zones | |
United States policy on nonproliferation and the Nuclear Non | |
Bargaining for test ban treaties | |
A The Baruch Plan | |
B Atoms for Peace | |
Treaty of Tlatelolco documentation and texts | |
E Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean | |