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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... reprocessing and hence the separation of plutonium; opportunities then arise for the diversion of plutonium away from peaceful uses. Additionally, these reactors produce a relatively large quantity of radioactive waste, which needs to ...
... reprocessing spent fuel to extract plutonium for eventual recycling. In the USA, reasoning was similar but led to very different conclusions. There, a proven capacity for enriching uranium for the military programme had eventually ...
... reprocessing fuel cycle (Figure 1.1), which the Carter administration had concluded was a threat to the objectives of the NPT. Technically, the new reactors did offer an opportunity to do so, since it had become an article of faith in ...
... reprocess spent fuel for overseas customers who also saw a commercial future in plutonium but lacked a plutonium reprocessing capability of their own. Figure 1.1. Schematic representation of the nuclear fuel cycle. Numbers.
... reprocessing anywhere; the policy was given initial impetus by the Carter administration and was essentially adhered to by all its successors. Engagement meant the Europeans providing countries with reprocessing services so that they ...
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 | |