… In a nuclear weapon, a very large number of fissions produces a large amount of energy,
resulting in a large explosion. In a nuclear reactor, the amount of fission energy produced is …

Originally published in 1983, this book presents both the technical and political information
necessary to evaluate the emerging threat to world security posed by recent advances in …

… An "accident involving a nuclear weapon" is defined as any unexpected event that results
in … ; seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon; or any actual or implied public hazard. …

… Archambeau--Attitudes of the nuclear weapon powers/Carl G. Jacobsen--Attitudes of the
nuclear threshold countries/Peter Lomas--A nuclear test ban and prevention of nuclear weapon …

… nuclear and non-nuclear weapon stateness is one that carries … most widely used indicators
of nuclear weapon stateness*test/… for evaluating a state’s nuclear weapon status is best if the …

… them is usable for making a nuclear weapon,6 nuclearweapon designers prefer to work with
… At the other end of the sophistication spectrum, advanced nuclear weapon states can make …

… nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) was conceived with a view to preventing the emergence
of new nuclear weapon … The nuclear powers would have to respect the nuclearweapon-…

This article develops a framework for examining “irreversible nuclear disarmament” by drawing
on Science and Technology Studies (STS). It argues that maximising the irreversibility of …

… War revelations about Iraq's nuclear weapon program, the … NPT umbrella during its nuclear
weapon acquisition process. … Because South Africa is the only nuclear weapon state to have …

… have ambitious nuclear weapon modernization programs in progress that appear intended
to prolong the nuclear era indefinitely. New or improved nuclear weapon programs underway …