Domestic-international Linkages: India and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Impact of Beef Ban on Economy and Meat Processing Industry of India: A Complete Value Chain Analysis

The recent ban on cow slaughtering in India has brought into debate highly emotive and contentious issues to the forefront The meat industry is characterized by controls across the entire value-chain of production and sale, which not only hampers its efficiency but also exacerbates the. The growth and development in meat industry in particular and the country in general has multiple linkages wi...

Seismological Methods of Monitoring Compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Seismology provides the key technology for monitoring the occurrence of underground nuclear explosions. A new International Monitoring System (IMS) which is being established under the provisions of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has begun its work in conjunction with a new International Data Centre in Vienna, and this work is likely to continue to develop even though prospects for e...

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION (CTBTO) PROVISIONAL TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND DATA FUSION SECTION SEISMIC, HYDROACOUSTIC AND INFRASOUND METHODS UNIT Assessment of Hydroacoustic Processing in the CTBT Release One Monitoring Software

Machine Learning and Data Mining for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is gaining renewed attention in light of growing worldwide interest in mitigating risks of nuclear weapons proliferation and testing. Since the International Monitoring System (IMS) installed the first suite of sensors in the late 1990’s, the IMS network has steadily progressed, providing valuable support for event diagnostics. This progress was highligh...

A Knowledge-Based System to Support Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Verification

The major technical obstacle to the signing of nuclear test ban treaties is the issue of verifying compliance. Since the banning of atmospheric and oceanic testing (Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963) pushed testing underground, seismic monitoring has been one of the most important technologies available for monitoring compliance with test ban treaties. The goal of these treaties is to progressive...