Nuclear Nonproliferation: A Primer

✍ Scribed by Gary T. Gardner

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 160
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

An accessible overview of the technical and political dimensions of nuclear nonproliferation.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
1 Nuclear Fission and the Nuclear Bomb
2 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
3 Nuclear Reactors
4 The History of the Nonproliferation Regime
5 Legal Structures of the Nonproliferation Regime
6 International Safeguards
7 The Politics of Proliferation
8 The 1995 NPT Extension Conference
9 Nations of Proliferation Concern
10 Current Challenges to the Nonproliferation Regime
11 Summary
Appendix: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Further Reading
Glossary
Index
About the Book and the Author

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