Nuclear Nonproliferation And Safety

Author : James Doyle
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780128032725

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Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation by James Doyle Pdf

Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference covering the cutting-edge technologies used to trace, track and safeguard nuclear material. Sections cover security, the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, improvised nuclear devices, and how to prevent nuclear terrorism. International case studies of security at nuclear facilities and illegal nuclear trade activities provide specific examples of the complex issues surrounding the technology and policy for nuclear material protection, control and accountability. New case studies include analyses of nuclear programs of important countries, such as North Korea, Iran, and Kazakhstan, among others. This is a thoroughly updated, must-have volume for private and public organizations involved in driving national security, domestic and international policy issues relating to nuclear material security, non-proliferation, and nuclear transparency. Covers the continuing efforts to reduce the size of nuclear arsenals Highlights the challenges of verifying nuclear weapons reduction Summarizes issues from the 2015 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference Illuminates the evolving status of nonproliferation and safeguards in Iran and DPRK

Author : Jeffrey W. Knopf
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804784917

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Security Assurances and Nuclear Nonproliferation by Jeffrey W. Knopf Pdf

While policy makers and scholars have long devoted considerable attention to strategies like deterrence, which threaten others with unacceptable consequences, such threat-based strategies are not always the best option. In some cases, a state may be better off seeking to give others a greater sense of security, rather than by holding their security at risk. The most prominent use of these security assurances has been in conjunction with efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Ongoing concerns about the nuclear activities of countries like Iran and North Korea, and the possible reactions of other states in their regions, have catapulted this topic into high profile. This book represents the first study to explore the overall utility of assurance strategies, to evaluate their effectiveness as a tool for preventing nuclear proliferation, and to identify conditions under which they are more or less likely to be effective.

Author : Luciano Maiani,Raymond Jeanloz,Micah Lowenthal,Wolfango Plastino
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030429133

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International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation by Luciano Maiani,Raymond Jeanloz,Micah Lowenthal,Wolfango Plastino Pdf

This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and nonproliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. Current challenges are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, considering scientific developments that have the potential to increase the effectiveness of implementation of international regimes, particularly in critical areas, technology foresight, and the ongoing evaluation of current capabilities.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear nonproliferation
ISBN : UIUC:30112004807290

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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear nonproliferation
ISBN : 9781428978713

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Nuclear nonproliferation and safety : concerns with the International Atomic Energy Agency's technical cooperation program : report to Congressional requesters / by Anonim Pdf

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the dual role of promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and verifying that nuclear materials under its supervision are not diverted to military purposes (safeguards). Since 1958, in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through its technical cooperation program, IAEA has provided technical assistance to its member states by supplying equipment, expert services, and training that support the upgrading or establishment of nuclear techniques and facilities. Although the United States does not receive technical assistance, it has been the leading financial donor to IAEA'5 technical cooperation program. In March 1997, we reported to you on IAEA's technical assistance for Cuba, including assistance for the partially completed Cuban nuclear power reactors whose construction is suspended. As requested, this report examines (1) the purpose and effectiveness of IAEA's technical cooperation program, (2) the cost of U.S. participation in IAEA'5 technical cooperation program, and (3) whether the United States ensures that the activities of IAEA's technical cooperation program do not conflict with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation and safety goals.

Author : M. Gerlini,A. Chetaine
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781614996156

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Non-Proliferation, Safety and Nuclear Security by M. Gerlini,A. Chetaine Pdf

Since the ending of the Cold War, and in the light of an increased risk of nuclear terrorism, a shift in focus has taken place from nuclear safeguards to nuclear security. This book presents 8 lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Training Course, ‘Non-Proliferation from an International Perspective’, held in Rabat, Morocco, in December 2014. The aim of the course was to inform participants with regard to the advanced political and legal concepts related to nuclear security, as well as equipping them with the necessary tools to apply such concepts in practice. The papers collected here cover the principal political and international topics related to the evolution of the international institutions or regional agencies which manage nuclear threat, with special attention being given to the theoretical and political bases of nuclear security as an answer to that nuclear threat. The book will be of particular interest to all those whose work involves the political and legal aspects of nuclear security, particularly those who must deal with public opinion or decision makers with regard to this important area of national and international security. Please note that one of the 8 lectures presented here is written in French, the remaining 7 are in English.

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1304097080

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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety by United States Government Accountability Office Pdf

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nuclear engineering
ISBN : UCBK:C047619661

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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : David B. Dewitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000199291

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Global Security by David B. Dewitt Pdf

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty had recently undergone its third formal review by its signatories, who had assessed its effectiveness and considered how it might better be implemented. This book, originally published in 1987, written by experts many of whom were leading participants in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty regime at the time, examines the whole range of issues connected with nuclear non-proliferation and the treaty. It looks at non-proliferation from the point of view of nuclear nations, non-nuclear nations and the nuclear industry. It assesses the work of the international monitoring bodies and reconsiders the place of non-proliferation in the changing balance of global nuclear power. It concludes by discussing the way forward.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company Louis H. Zanardi Sharon L. Pickup David J. Black,Louis H. Zanardi,Sharon L. Pickup,David J. Black
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0788141228

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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety by DIANE Publishing Company Louis H. Zanardi Sharon L. Pickup David J. Black,Louis H. Zanardi,Sharon L. Pickup,David J. Black Pdf

The discovery of Iraq's nuclear weapons program, North Korea's refusal to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct nuclear inspections, & the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident have focused greater attention on nuclear proliferation & the safety of nuclear power plants. This report examines: the effectiveness of IAEA's safeguards program & the adequacy of program funding; the mgmt. of U.S. technical assistance to IAEA's safeguards program; & the effectiveness of IAEA's program for advising member states about the safety of nuclear power plants. Tables.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817918057

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Nuclear Security by Anonim Pdf

Concern about the threat posed by nuclear weapons has preoccupied the United States and presidents of the United States since the beginning of the nuclear era. Nuclear Security draws from papers presented at the 2013 meeting of the American Nuclear Society examining worldwide efforts to control nuclear weapons and ensure the safety of the nuclear enterprise of weapons and reactors against catastrophic accidents. The distinguished contributors, all known for their long-standing interest in getting better control of the threats posed by nuclear weapons and reactors, discuss what we can learn from past successes and failures and attempt to identify the key ingredients for a road ahead that can lead us toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The authors review historical efforts to deal with the challenge of nuclear weapons, with a focus on the momentous arms control negotiations between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. They offer specific recommendations for reducing risks that should be adopted by the nuclear enterprise, both military and civilian, in the United States and abroad. Since the risks posed by the nuclear enterprise are so high, they conclude, no reasonable effort should be spared to ensure safety and security.

Author : Neil Narang,Erik Gartzke,Matthew Kroenig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317406754

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Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture by Neil Narang,Erik Gartzke,Matthew Kroenig Pdf

This volume examines the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. The real-world importance of nuclear weapons has led to the production of a voluminous scholarly literature on the causes and consequences of nuclear weapons proliferation. Missing from this literature, however, is a more nuanced analysis that moves beyond a binary treatment of nuclear weapons possession, to an exploration of how different nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies may influence the proliferation of nuclear weapons and subsequent security outcomes. This volume addresses this deficit by focusing on the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. It is the aim of this book to advance the development of a new empirical research agenda that brings systematic research methods to bear on new dimensions of the nuclear weapons phenomenon. Prior to the contributions in this volume, there has been little evidence to suggest that nuclear postures and policies have a meaningful impact on the spread of nuclear weapons or security outcomes. This book brings together a new generation of scholars, advancing innovative theoretical positions, and performing quantitative tests using original data on nuclear postures, nonproliferation policies, and WMD proliferation. Together, the chapters in this volume make novel theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions to the field of nuclear weapons proliferation. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, international relations and security studies.

Author : Trevor Findlay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136849930

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Nuclear Energy and Global Governance by Trevor Findlay Pdf

The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation. Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative energy sources have lead many to suggest that there will soon be a nuclear energy ‘renaissance’. This book examines comprehensively the drivers of and constraints on the revival, its nature and scope and the possibility that nuclear power will spread significantly beyond the countries which currently rely on it. Of special interest are developing countries which aspire to have nuclear energy and which currently lack the infrastructure, experience and regulatory structures to successfully manage such a major industrial enterprise. Of even greater interest are countries that may see in a nuclear energy program a ‘hedging’ strategy for a future nuclear weapons option. Following on from this assessment, the author examines the likely impact of various revival scenarios on the current global governance of nuclear energy, notably the treaties, international organizations, arrangements and practices designed to ensure that nuclear power is safe, secure and does not contribute to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The book concludes with recommendations to the international community on how to strengthen global governance in order to manage the nuclear energy revival prudently. This book will be of much interest to students of energy security, global governance, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Irmgard Niemeyer,Mona Dreicer,Gotthard Stein
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030295370

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Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification by Irmgard Niemeyer,Mona Dreicer,Gotthard Stein Pdf

This book strives to take stock of current achievements and existing challenges in nuclear verification, identify the available information and gaps that can act as drivers for exploring new approaches to verification strategies and technologies. With the practical application of the systems concept to nuclear disarmament scenarios and other, non-nuclear verification fields, it investigates, where greater transparency and confidence could be achieved in pursuit of new national or international nonproliferation and arms reduction efforts. A final discussion looks at how, in the absence of formal government-to-government negotiations, experts can take practical steps to advance the technical development of these concepts.

Author : Sverre Lodgaard,Bremer Maerli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134110001

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Nuclear Proliferation and International Security by Sverre Lodgaard,Bremer Maerli Pdf

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has long been key in non-proliferation and disarmament activities. The Treaty is the major international legal obstacle for states seeking nuclear weapon capabilities. In retrospect, and despite setbacks, the overall impact of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has been significant and gratifying. Its continued success is by no means guaranteed. As old nuclear dangers persist and new ones evolve, policies to halt nuclear proliferation are more disparate than at any other time. Nuclear weapons remain an essential part of the security policies of leading states and many developmental states maintain strong nuclear weapon ambitions, while terrorists have actively been seeking nuclear capabilities. In search of an overarching strategy that recognizes both the flaws of the existing non-proliferation regime, and the value of some of the corrections proposed by regime critics, this volume assesses contemporary efforts to stem nuclear proliferation. In doing so, Nuclear Proliferation and International Security examines a number of cases with a view to recommending better non-proliferation tools and strategies. The contributors comprise renowned international scholars, who have been selected to obtain the best possible analyses of critically important issues related to international non-proliferation dynamics and the future integrity of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.