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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... must be consistent with the requirement that the ignition of the fusion reaction by a fission bomb should not simultaneously blow apart the fusion section of the device. Reactors. In some respects a nuclear reactor is only a tamed.
Ian Bellany. In some respects a nuclear reactor is only a tamed or slowed down version of a fission bomb (reactors based on fusion seem to be theoretically possible but a fully working prototype has yet to be demonstrated). Inside a ...
Ian Bellany. might be strengthened where necessary. This was not only out of respect for the bargain implicit in the treaty (unhindered access to peaceful technology in exchange for a forswearing of nuclear weapons – see Chapter 3) but ...
... respect of the nuclear waste facilities got a hostile response and North Korea threatened to withdraw from the treaty. The country then withdrew that threat and invited the IAEA back in to verify the refuelling procedure at the 5 MW(e) ...
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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 | |