Facts on Nuclear Proliferation: A Handbook Prepared for the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1975. First Edition [stated on page III], presumed first printing. Wraps. xvi, 259, [1] pages. Wraps. Occasional Footnotes. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Charts. Sources. Glossary. Spine somewhat faded and wrinkled. 94th Congress, 1st Session, Committee print. With this handbook, the Senate Committee on Government Operations sought to draw together, for the first time in a single volume, the little-know details of nuclear proliferation. The Committee was concerned because the worldwide spread of nuclear power technology, facilities and material--particularly to less-developed countries--was accelerating. This volume contains projections by the International Atomic Energy Agency that the worldwide total of nuclear power reactors would quadruple to 800 over the succeeding decade, which the number of plants built to separate plutonium from the spend fuel of reactors would triple to 17. Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. Proliferation has been opposed by many nations with and without nuclear weapons, as governments fear that more countries with nuclear weapons will increase the possibility of nuclear warfare (up to and including the so-called "countervalue" targeting of civilians with nuclear weapons), de-stabilize international or regional relations, or infringe upon the national sovereignty of states. Condition: good.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation, Handbook, Reference Works, Fissile Material, Spent Nuclear Fuel, Reprocessing, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Power
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