Technical Issues Related To The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Technical Issues Related To The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Author : National Academy of Sciences
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2002-08-01
Technical Issues Related To The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty written by National Academy of Sciences and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2012-04-29
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Research Required To Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1997-09-01
Research Required To Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-01 with Political Science categories.
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.
Technical Issues In The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Ctbt Ratification Debate
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Author : Anna Péczeli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-30
Technical Issues In The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Ctbt Ratification Debate written by Anna Péczeli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-30 with categories.
Two decades after the U.S. Senate declined in 1999 to give its consent to ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), the treaty remains in legal and political limbo. The 1999 ratification debate addressed a large number of issues. Rejection was driven by various policy and technical judgments. The treaty's future, whatever it might be, will be determined in part by how much perspectives might have changed in light of interim developments. Our purpose was to shed light on some of those developments and to assess their relevance. This technical re-examination begins with a short background section to introduce the key technical matters in discussion in the U.S. ratification process. Then it moves systematically through each of those topics with a review of relevant background information, a discussion of key points in debate, an analysis of subsequent experience, and a current assessment.
Banning The Bang Or The Bomb
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Author : I. William Zartman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-17
Banning The Bang Or The Bomb written by I. William Zartman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-17 with Political Science categories.
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.
Nuclear Test Ban
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Author : Ola Dahlman
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-04-21
Nuclear Test Ban written by Ola Dahlman and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-21 with Political Science categories.
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.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Author : Keith A. Hansen
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2006
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty written by Keith A. Hansen and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
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 Background And Current Developments
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Background And Current Developments written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
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.
Implementing The Comprehensive Test Ban
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Author : Eric H. Arnett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Implementing The Comprehensive Test Ban written by Eric H. Arnett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This report provides up-to-date information on the four main technical issues which will present the greatest challenges to the implementation of the comprehensive test ban treaty being negotiated at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament: formulating an appropriate definition of the term nuclear test; creating the organization for effective implementation; verifying compliance with the treaty's provisions; and implications of the treaty's prohibition on preparations for testing, whether that prohibition is made explicit or remains implicit. The report is written in such a way that it offers important background to the non-specialist while providing timely guidance to policy-makers and others involved in the public debate of these issues. It is designed to support prompt completion of the treaty by suggesting ways in which disputes over contentious issues can be resolved speedily.
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Author : Jonathan Medalia
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2009-12
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty written by Jonathan Medalia and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12 with Political Science categories.
Contents: (1) History of the Safeguards; (2) Deconstructing the Safeguards: (3) Reconstructing the Safeguards; (4) Implementing the Safeguards: Has past implementation been adequate?; Would revised Safeguards be effectively implemented?; Issues for implementation; (5) Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Nonproliferation, CTBT Ratification, and Revised Safeguards. Appendixes: Appendix A. Development of the Safeguards; Appendix B. Recommendations by General John Shalikashvili (USA, ret.), 2001; Appendix C. Letter and Memorandum from Senators Kyl, Domenici, and Sessions, 2008; Appendix D. Recommendations by the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the U.S., 2009.