Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Abstract

The United States has been a leader of worldwide efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. To this end, the international community and many individual states have agreed to a range of treaties, laws, and agreements, known collectively as the nuclear nonproliferation regime, aimed at keeping nations that do not have nuclear weapons from acquiring them. The nonproliferation regime has also been concerned with preventing terrorists from obtaining a nuclear weapon or the materials to craft one. The attacks on New York and Washington September 11, 2001, added a new level of reality to the threat that terrorists might acquire a nuclear weapon and explode it in a populated area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 2003
Accession Number
ADA472494

Entities

People

  • Carl E. Behrens

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Environment
  • Fissile Materials
  • Fuel Oils
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Materials Laboratories
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Physics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies