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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... naturally lend itself to one, there is no concluding chapter. This does not mean that no conclusions are reached. One concerns the IAEA, whose safeguard activities are at the heart of the NPT. It seems likely that the Agency, to some ...
... fertile material, the story is similar. Thorium, though less widely found in natural deposits than uranium, occurs in particularly high concentrations in India and Brazil. Unlike uranium, thorium is fertile without having.
... natural uranium, of which it comprises about one part in 140. This may be achieved by a variety of so-called 'enrichment' techniques. Unlike plutonium separation, which in spite of the hazardous radioactivity involved is a variant of ...
... natural uranium contains fewer of the other, unwanted, isotopes (mainly because it is not left inside the reactor for as long) that reduce its value for bomb purposes. Thirdly, designing a plutonium bomb is intrinsically more demanding ...
... natural uranium can be enough under the right circumstances, although 100 tonnes or more of fuel may have to be assembled. These right circumstances include careful choice and positioning of component parts to make maximum use of the ...
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 | |