Section Vi Nuclear Weapons Effects Technology

Section Vi Nuclear Weapons Effects Technology

Section V Nuclear Weapons Technology

Taking a stand against nuclear proliferation: the pediatrician's role.

Nuclear weapons pose a grave threat to the health of children. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which for almost 40 years has limited the spread of nuclear weapons, is in danger of unraveling. At the 2000 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, 180 countries, including the United States, agreed on 13 practical steps to implement Article VI of the treaty, which calls for nuclear d...

Nuclear Proliferation Dangers in the NIS: An Interim Assessment

Introduction The collapse of the Soviet Union could result in a variety of nuclear proliferation dangers. Some of the newly independent states (NIS) may retain former Soviet nuclear weapons or develop their own nuclear weapons capability. Others are capable of supplying nuclear weapons and missile equipment, technology, or materials to states outside the NIS. Ongoing conflicts in several region...

Multilateral Ban on Nuclear Weapons: Lessons from the Cwc

Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker directs the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Prior to this appointment, he worked on chemical and biological weapons issues at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and on the staff of the Presidential ...