Nuclear Matters

Author : Hans Blix
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262262033

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Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters by Hans Blix Pdf

From the former UN head weapons inspector in Iraq, a plea for a renewed global disarmament movement. In 2002 Dr. Hans Blix, then chief United Nations weapons inspector, led his team on a search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Before the United States went to war with Iraq the next March, he maintained there were no WMD in Iraq. History proved him right. For more than forty years Dr. Blix has worked on global disarmament, and with this new book he renews the call for nuclear nonproliferation. His interests, though, go beyond stemming the threat of nuclear attack from rogue states and terrorists. It is not, he argues, a recipe for success for nuclear states to tell the rest of the world that it must stay away from the very weapons that nuclear states claim are indispensable. We will never be able to convince rogue states to halt the pursuit of nuclear weapons programs unless we take the lead in a new nonproliferation and disarmament movement. Looking back at the UN post-World War II efforts against the use of nuclear weapons, Blix documents the retreat from early commitments by nuclear powers, most alarmingly from pledges against first use and toward programs to develop new types of nuclear weapons. He urges us to revive these efforts, and that the world's powers also look at issues of global disarmament and security as pieces of the same puzzle. Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters includes specific suggestions—how the UN can set the stage for a credible multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation process; what kind of treaties would be most helpful—and recommendations for regional policy, including providing the Middle East with enriched uranium for civilian nuclear power production but not allowing uranium enrichment there. From March 2000 to June 2003 Hans Blix was Executive Chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Dr. Blix, author of Disarming Iraq, is Chair of the Swedish government's Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Author : Omar Benhar,Stefano Fantoni
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351175333

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Nuclear Matter Theory by Omar Benhar,Stefano Fantoni Pdf

Authored by two of the most respected experts in the field of nuclear matter, this book provides an up-to-date account of developments in nuclear matter theory and a critical comparison of the existing theoretical approaches in the field. It provides information needed for researchers working with applications in a variety of research fields, ranging from nuclear physics to astrophysics and gravitational physics, and the computational techniques discussed in the book are relevant for the broader condensed matter and quantum fluids community. The first book to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of nuclear matter theory Authored by two world-leading academics in this field Includes a description of the most advanced computational techniques and a discussion of state-of-the art applications, such as the study of gravitational-wave emission from neutron stars

Author : Office Of The Deputy Assistant To The Secretary Of Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1304110621

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Nuclear Matters by Office Of The Deputy Assistant To The Secretary Of Defense Pdf

Author : Walter Greiner,Horst Stöcker,Andre Gallmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461525165

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Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter by Walter Greiner,Horst Stöcker,Andre Gallmann Pdf

Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues, Welcome in Bodrum to the NASion Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter! Welcome also to Mrs. Governor Dr. Lale AYTAMAN. We are very honored, that you, Governor of the Mugla-State, came here to greet us. We are particularly grateful to you that you offered help and assured us to do everything that we can enjoy two safe weeks in Bodrum, in this wonderful area of your country. I have chosen Bodrum as the place for our NASI because I like this historic region where many cultures meet (e. g. , Oriental and European (Greek, Roman) culture) and where you find numerous places which played a role in ancient science and in early Christianity- I mention Milet (Thales) and Ephesus (Apostle Paulus), both of which are close by. Our NASI will exhibit the most recent developments in high energy heavy ion physics. The meeting is both a school and a conference: A school, because there are very many advanced students, who frequently are themselves already top researchers, attending the lectures of distinguished scientists and leading researchers. It is also a conference because new material, new results of this exciting and wonderful field - our field - high energy heavy ion physics will be presented. It is the topic of hot and dense nuclear matter, which we are focusing on.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1293459016

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Nuclear matters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Madeleine Soyeur
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468457155

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Nuclear Matter and Heavy Ion Collisions by Madeleine Soyeur Pdf

The Winter School "Nuclear Matter and Heavy Ion Collisions", a NATO Research Workshop held at Les Houches in February 89, has been devoted to recent developments in nuclear matter theory and to the study of central heavy ion collisions in which quasi macroscopic nuclear systems can be formed at various temperatures and densities. At in cident energies below 100 Me V per nucleon, the kinematic conditions are favourable for producing transient hot nuclei with temperatures of the order of a few MeV. At higher ener gies (100 MeV

Author : Matthew Kroenig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190849184

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The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy by Matthew Kroenig Pdf

For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack. So long as the US, or any other nation, retains such an assured retaliation capability, no sane leader would intentionally launch a nuclear attack against it, and nuclear deterrence will hold. According to this theory, possessing more weapons than necessary for a second-strike capability is illogical. This argument is reasonable, but, when compared to the empirical record, it raises an important puzzle. Empirically, we see that the United States has always maintained a nuclear posture that is much more robust than a mere second-strike capability. In The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy, Matthew Kroenig challenges the conventional wisdom and explains why a robust nuclear posture, above and beyond a mere second-strike capability, contributes to a state's national security goals. In fact, when a state has a robust nuclear weapons force, such a capability reduces its expected costs in a war, provides it with bargaining leverage, and ultimately enhances nuclear deterrence. This book provides a novel theoretical explanation for why military nuclear advantages translate into geopolitical advantages. In so doing, it helps resolve one of the most-intractable puzzles in international security studies. Buoyed by an innovative thesis and a vast array of historical and quantitative evidence, The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy will force scholars to reconsider their basic assumptions about the logic of nuclear deterrence.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309208871

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Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex Pdf

A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility-in addition to acquiring a highly destructive tool, the adversary would demonstrate an inability of the United States to protect its nuclear assets. The United States expends considerable resources toward maintaining effective security at facilities that house its nuclear assets. However, particularly in a budget-constrained environment, it is essential that these assets are also secured efficiently, meaning at reasonable cost and imposing minimal burdens on the primary missions of the organizations that operate U.S. nuclear facilities. It is in this context that the U.S. Congress directed the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-a semi-autonomous agency in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for securing nuclear weapons and significant quantities of SNM-asked the National Academies for advice on augmenting its security approach, particularly on the applicability of quantitative and other risk-based approaches for securing its facilities. In carrying out its charge, the committee has focused on what actions NNSA could take to make its security approach more effective and efficient. The committee concluded that the solution to balancing cost, security, and operations at facilities in the nuclear weapons complex is not to assess security risks more quantitatively or more precisely. This is primarily because there is no comprehensive analytical basis for defining the attack strategies that a malicious, creative, and deliberate adversary might employ or the probabilities associated with them. However, using structured thinking processes and techniques to characterize security risk could improve NNSA's understanding of security vulnerabilities and guide more effective resource allocation.

Author : Sarah Weiner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442228306

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Nuclear Notes by Sarah Weiner Pdf

Nuclear Notes is a publication of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) featuring innovative thinking by rising experts in the nuclear field. Its goal is to advance the public debate about nuclear weapons strategy, arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, and other nuclear issues by providing a forum for sharing new analysis and insight. In particular, this publication seeks to provide an opportunity for graduate students and early career professionals to publish ideas emanating from their independent research or that are connected to their unique vantage point as analysts and implementers of nuclear policy.

Author : Alexander Kmentt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000393484

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The Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons by Alexander Kmentt Pdf

This book chronicles the genesis of the negotiations that led to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which challenged the established nuclear order. The work provides readers with an authoritative account of the complex evolution of the ‘Humanitarian Initiative’ (HI) and the negotiation history of the TPNW. It includes a close analysis of internal strategy documents and communications in the author’s possession which trace the tactical and political decisions of a small group of state actors. By demonstrating the unacceptable humanitarian consequences and uncontrollable risks that these weapons pose to everyone’s security, the HI convinced many states to ban nuclear weapons and reject the policy of nuclear deterrence as unsustainable and illegitimate. As such, this book is a case-study of multilateral diplomacy and cooperation between state and civil society actors. It also contains a full discussion of both sides of the nuclear argument and assesses the extent to which the HI and the TPNW have moved the dial and present opportunities for transformational change. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation, diplomacy, global governance, and International Relations in general.

Author : James L. Schoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015077663006

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Nuclear Matters in North Korea by James L. Schoff Pdf

An essential new book about reconciling international security issues in Northeast Asia

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : India
ISBN : LOC:00099305538

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India-Pakistan Nuclear Issues by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Committee on the Review of Capabilities for Detection Verification and Monitoring of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0309314348

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Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection, and Verification by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Committee on the Review of Capabilities for Detection Verification and Monitoring of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material Pdf

At the request of Congress, this report presents findings and recommendations related to governance of the U.S. government's monitoring, detection, and verification (MDV) enterprise and offers findings and recommendations related to technical MDV capabilities and research, development, test, and evaluation efforts, focused in particular on the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear test explosions, and arms control.

Author : Brian Buckley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0773520775

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Canada's Early Nuclear Policy by Brian Buckley Pdf

The advent of nuclear weapons introduced a complex new factor into world politics, drawing a line through history and ensuring that international relations would never be the same. By both accident and design, Canada was a central player in the new nuclear era, as countries grappled with the implications of this revolutionary new development. Canada's decision, unique among pioneer atomic powers, not to acquire a nuclear arsenal has been used to buttress widely differing political agendas, while the factors that shaped the policy-making process have been largely ignored.

Author : Ralf Röhlsberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540232443

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Nuclear Condensed Matter Physics with Synchrotron Radiation by Ralf Röhlsberger Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of nuclear solid state physics with synchrotron radiation, a technique that is finding a number of unique applications in fields such as magnetism, surface science, and lattice dynamics. Due to the remarkable brilliance of modern synchrotron radiation sources, the method is particularly suited for the study of thin films, nanoparticles and clusters. Its high isotopic specificity can be employed to measure magnetic or vibrational properties with very high spatial resolution. The book is written on an introductory level and is thus suited for newcomers to the field. Many examples are presented to illustrate the unique experimental possibilities.