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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... supplies need to be on hand constantly.3 In both sorts of bomb, the fissile 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 ...
... supplies, but it adds to the opportunities for the diversion of fissile material away from peaceful uses. Oppositely, where the types of reactor that are fuelled with natural uranium have retained a foothold, as in Britain, Canada and ...
... supplies of its own and hence a strong interest in 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 ...
... supplies by creating a stockpile of fuel for the expected new generation of fast-breeder nuclear reactors. It also meant an opportunity in the short term to economise on enriched uranium both by salvaging uranium (still slightly ...
... supplies with it, or to spread it in dry form in a built-up area, will make up in psychological impact for what it may lack in real menace to life. In defence of the reprocessing approach, the once-through strategy leaves plutonium ...
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 | |