Moving Beyond Pretense: Nuclear Power and Nonproliferation

Abstract

Governments have funded most of the nuclear industry s research and development, financed or guaranteed loans for its construction and export of nuclear plants, capped its liability for off-site damages in the case of nuclear accidents, and promoted its development internationally. Throughout, officials have insisted that the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation attendant to the further spread of nuclear energy programs are manageable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA603163

Entities

People

  • Henry Sokolski

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Climate Change
  • Employment
  • Globalization
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies