This report describes the current methods used by the Atomic Power Equipment Depart ment of the Genervl Electric Company for the analysis of superprompr critical nuclear excurions in lare war-rnsoderantd reactors The 7mchnical analysis tools used in studying hypothetical nuclear transients adescribed herein, without considering the probability of such an occurrence. The rod drop accident has be...

Personal reflections on radiation hormesis for the past 50 years are presented. The causes of ignoring and rejections of this phenomenon by international and national bodies and by radiation protection establishment are analyzed. The opposition against nuclear weapons and preparations for nuclear war was probably the main factor in inducing the concern for adverse effects of low doses of ionizi...

In the first half of the 20 century nuclear fusion and fission were both seen as processes that could potentially be harnessed as a powerful energy source. Research into fusion began in the 1920’s, but it was too technically challenging to make a working fusion reactor. Fission developed much more successfully during the Second World War, when North America’s Manhattan Project attempted to use ...

This study reflects the impact on North Korean nuclear issue by analysing Russo-Ukrainian war. At international level, Russian-Ukrainian conflict has changed geopolitical landscape of world, leading to increased strategic autonomy for some developing countries. regional led Six-Party Talks countries revise their foreign and defence policies, complicating situation, while at DPRK strengthened DP...

What if nuclear aspirants get the bomb? How likely are they to use it? Which nuclear strategies might emerging nuclear powers adopt? These may seem like academic questions, but they are loaded with strategic significance. Different nuclear strategies have historically been associated with distinct types of risk. Some nuclear strategies are more likely to deter U.S. freedom of action; some more ...

Military Revolutions Murray and Knox equated military revolutions to ‘‘earthquakes.’’ These earthquakes forced a fundamental change in society and a state, and the state consequently altered the way it created and projected military power. Murray and Knox recognize five major military revolutions that have had that impact on Western history: the 17th century creation of the modern state and mod...

Operation CROSSROADS, conducted at Bikini Atoll in 1946, was the first post World War II test of nuclear weapons. Mortality experience of 40,000 military veteran participants in CROSSROADS was compared to that of a similar cohort of nonparticipating veterans. All-cause mortality of the participants was slightly increased over nonparticipants by 5% (p < .001). Smaller increases in participant mo...

Abstract The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a central element of the global nuclear order, primary goal which to prevent war. But this understanding being threatened by number developments. Frustration about lack disarmament and concerns humanitarian consequences weapons led negotiation on Prohibition Weapons (TPNW). new treaty has further exposed existing fault lines within NPT exac...