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Monitoring Compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

Author : Christoph Pilger,Lars Ceranna,Christian Bönnemann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
ISBN : 3510968581

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Monitoring Compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by Christoph Pilger,Lars Ceranna,Christian Bönnemann Pdf

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is dedicated to banning nuclear explosions worldwide. It was negotiated and adopted by the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to comprehensively prohibit nuclear testing underground, underwater, and in the atmosphere. It was opened for signature in 1996 and will enter into force as soon as all 44 nuclear technology holder countries, as denoted in Annex 2 to the Treaty, will have signed and ratified it. Germany signed the CTBT in 1996 and ratified it in 1998, thereby committing to establish a National Data Center (NDC) and to install, operate, and maintain five stations of the International Monitoring System (IMS) for monitoring the compliances with the Treaty. Contributions on various CTBT related topics by authors from the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Hannover (Bundesanstalt f�r Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR), which has been mandated by Germany as the NDC, are presented in this book. Studies on institutional, technical and scientific aspects in the CTBT context are described to highlight recent, current and future work at the German NDC and to contribute to the CTBT monitoring and verification tasks. Nevertheless, this book focuses primarily on those aspects of the verification regime where BGR has expertise as well as BGR's activities and responsibilities as the German NDC and an IMS station operator during the last twenty years. An overview of the CTBT history, verification, and implementation in Germany is provided together with a description of the five German IMS stations and the seismology, infrasound, hydroacoustic and radionuclide technologies. Studies on the global performance of the IMS technologies to detect, locate, and identify nuclear and non-nuclear events are presented, as well as various case studies on the application, testing and benchmarking of these technologies. These case studies include, in particular, the North Korean nuclear weapon tests from 2006 to 2016, but also the National Data Center preparedness exercises from 2007 to 2013, the Tohoku earthquake with tsunami and Fukushima reactor accident in 2011, and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosion in 2013. Further studies are related to considerations on the quality of CTBT International Data Center waveform products, and to the usefulness and potential of satellite remote sensing in CTBT context as a National Technical Means (NTM). Finally, the role of On-Site Inspection (OSI) in general and, specifically, Seismic Aftershock Monitoring Systems (SAMS) are discussed for investigating potential treaty violations as the ultimate step in the verification chain.

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Author : Keith A. Hansen
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804753032

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A brief historical and analytical understanding of the difficulties encountered in negotiating and implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and their implications for efforts to halt the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Includes full text of the treaty and supplementary materials.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-ban Treaty [ctbt]

Author : Ed. K.R. Gupta
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
ISBN : 8171568092

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Comprehensive Nuclear Test-ban Treaty [ctbt] by Ed. K.R. Gupta Pdf

There Has Been A Lively Debate, For The Last Three Years, On The Question Whether Or Nor India Should Sign The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [Ctbt]. In Spite Of Great Importance Of The Subject For National Security, The Full Text Of Ctbt Is Not Easily Available. The Present Book Fulfills This Gap. This Will Enable The Experts And The Common Man To Have Better Understanding Of The On-Going Debate On The Subject. The Editor Contends That India Should Not Sign Such A Discriminatory And Inequitable Treaty. Signing Of Such A Treaty Would Hinder India S Efforts To Safeguard Its Security.It Is Hoped That The Book Would Be Of Great Value To The Researchers And Students Of Defence Studies, Parliamentarians, Senior Executives Concerned With Defence And The Common Readers.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437927467

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments by Anonim Pdf

A comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT) is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties currently bar all but underground tests with a maximum force equal to 150,000 tons of TNT. Since 1997, the United States has held 23 "subcritical experiments" at the Nevada Test Site to study how plutonium behaves under pressures generated by explosives. It asserts these experiments do not violate the CTBT because they cannot produce a self-sustaining chain reaction. Russia reportedly held some since 1998. The U.N. General Assembly adopted the CTBT in 1996. As of January 23, 2009, 180 states had signed it; 148, including Russia, had ratified. Of the 44 that must ratify the treaty for it to enter into force, 41 had signed and 35 had ratified. Five conferences have been held to facilitate entry into force, most recently in 2007. In 1997, President Clinton sent the CTBT to the Senate. In October 1999, the Senate rejected it, 48 for, 51 against, 1 present. It is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's calendar. It would require a two-thirds Senate vote to send the treaty back to the President for disposal or to give advice and consent for ratification. The Obama Administration plans to seek Senate approval of the CTBT, followed by a diplomatic effort to secure ratification by the remaining states that must ratify for the treaty to enter into force.

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309149983

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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pdf

This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including: the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing; the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions; commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; and potential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing. Sustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise.

Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Author : National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Committee on Technical Issues Related to Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309182935

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Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Committee on Technical Issues Related to Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pdf

Drawing upon the considerable existing body of technical material related to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the National Academy of Sciences reviewed and assessed the key technical issues that arose during the Senate debate over treaty ratification. In particular, these include: (1) the capacity of the United States to maintain confidence in the safety and reliability of its nuclear stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing; (2) the nuclear-test detection capabilities of the international monitoring system (with and without augmentation by national systems and instrumentation in use for scientific purposes, and taking into account the possibilities for decoupling nuclear explosions from surrounding geologic media); and (3) the additions to their nuclear-weapons capabilities that other countries could achieve through nuclear testing at yield levels that might escape detection, and the effect of such additions on the security of the United States.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Author : Jonathan Medalia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1457842793

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Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309174503

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Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring Pdf

On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear weapon statesâ€"Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdomâ€"added their signatures to this total ban on nuclear explosions. To help achieve verification of compliance with its provisions, the treaty specifies an extensive International Monitoring System of seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasonic, and radionuclide sensors. This volume identifies specific research activities that will be needed if the United States is to effectively monitor compliance with the treaty provisions.

Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Author : Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett,Brian Leslie Norman Kennett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 376436534X

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett,Brian Leslie Norman Kennett Pdf

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data centre (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. This volume contains research papers focusing on seismic ecent location in the CTBT context. The on-site inspection protocol of the treaty specifies a search area not to exceed 1000 square km. Much of the current research effort is therefore directed towards refining the accuracy of event location by including allowances for three-dimensional structure within the Earth. The aim is that the true location of each event will lie within the specified source zone regarding postulated location. The papers in this volume cover many aspects of seismic event location, including the development of algorithms suitable for use with three-dimensional models, allowances for regional structure, use of calibration events and source-specific station corrections. They provide a broad overview of the current international effort to improve seismic event location accuracy, and the editors hope that it will stimulate increased interest and further advances in this important field.

Nuclear Test Ban

Author : Ola Dahlman,S. Mykkeltveit,Hein Haak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781402068850

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Nuclear Test Ban by Ola Dahlman,S. Mykkeltveit,Hein Haak Pdf

Nuclear tests have caused public concern ever since the first such test was conducted, more than six decades ago. During the Cold War, however, con- tions were not conducive to discussing a complete ban on nuclear testing. It was not until 1993 that negotiations on such a treaty finally got under way. From then on, things moved relatively quickly: in 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). To date, the Treaty has been signed by 178 states and ratified by 144, though it has yet to enter into force, as nine out of 44 ‘‘Annex 2 states’’, whose ratification is mandatory, have not heeded the call. Nevertheless, the CTBT verification system is already provisionally operational and has proven its effectiveness. We commend the CTBT organisation in Vienna for its successful efforts to build a verification network. This book is an excellent overview of the evolution of the CTBT and its verification regime. The authors are eminent scholars from the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden who have been intimately involved with the CTBT and its verification agency, the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, from their inc- tion to the present day. They have written a thorough and engaging narrative of the long road that led to the CTBT. Their story will appeal to both the layman and the expert and provide useful lessons for future negotiations on disarmament issues.

Banning the Bang or the Bomb?

Author : Mordechai Melamud,Paul Meerts,I. William Zartman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107660878

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Banning the Bang or the Bomb? by Mordechai Melamud,Paul Meerts,I. William Zartman Pdf

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), negotiated between 1994 and 1996, is the latest development in the nuclear arms control regime. It continues to serve a vital role in preserving the privileged status of the nuclear weapons states and barring the way to proliferation. Banning the Bang or the Bomb? brings together a team of leading international experts who together analyse its negotiation as a model of regime creation, examining collective dynamics, the behaviour of individual countries, and the nature of specific issues. The book offers practical guidance and training for members of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization future inspectorate to help negotiate their way during an on-site inspection (OSI) in an inspected state. This is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals alike that turns an analysis of what has happened into a manual for what is about to happen.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

Author : Anonim
Publisher : United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754068488240

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:574398748

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments by Anonim Pdf

A ban on all nuclear tests is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties that entered into force between 1963 and 1990 limit but do not ban such tests. In 1996, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which would ban all nuclear explosions. In 1997, President Clinton sent the CTBT to the Senate, which rejected it in October 1999. In a speech in Prague in April 2009, President Obama said, "My administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty." However, the Administration has focused its efforts in 2010 on securing Senate advice and consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). There have been no hearings on CTBT in the 111th Congress, and it appears unlikely to be brought up in the lame duck session. As of December 2010, 182 states had signed the CTBT and 153, including Russia, had ratified it. However, entry into force requires ratification by 44 states specified in the treaty, of which 41 had signed the treaty and 35 had ratified. Five conferences have been held to facilitate entry into force, most recently in 2009.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Author : Jonathan E. Medalia
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1508699143

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Jonathan E. Medalia Pdf

A ban on all nuclear tests is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties that entered into force between 1963 and 1990 limit, but do not ban, such tests. In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which would ban all nuclear explosions. In 1997, President Clinton sent the CTBT to the Senate, which rejected it in October 1999. In a speech in Prague in April 2009, President Obama said, "My administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty."

Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

Author : Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309590792

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Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring by Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear weapon states -- Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom -- added their signatures to this total ban on nuclear explosions. To help achieve verification of compliance with its provisions, the treaty specifies an extensive International Monitoring System of seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasonic, and radionuclide sensors. This volume identifies specific research activities that will be needed if the United States is to effectively monitor compliance with the treaty provisions.