International Arrangements and Control for the Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Explosives; Stockholm Papers Number 4
Stockholm, New York: Almqvist & Wiksell, Humanities Press, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 39, [1] pages plus original covers. Footnotes. Text is in English. Ex-library with usual library markings. This appears to have been issued in wraps and hardbound by the library in blue buckram. This pamphlet has an Introduction and then addresses the Prospects for Applications of Nuclear Explosives, Implications for Arms Control, An International Approach to Policy Questions, International Arrangements for Conducting Peaceful Applications, and Conclusions. The author was on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stoney Brook at one time. This document was produced in association with SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm. It was founded in 1966 and provides data, analysis and recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade as well as disarmament and arms control. The research is based on open sources and is directed to decision-makers, researchers, media and the interested public.
SIPRI's organizational purpose is to conduct scientific research in issues on conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the goal of contributing to an understanding for the conditions for a peaceful solution of international conflicts and sustainable peace. SIPRI was ranked among the top three non-US world-wide think tanks in 2014 by the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's Global Go To Think Tanks Report.[2] In 2020, SIPRI ranked 34th amongst think tanks globally. Peaceful applications of nuclear explosives is a subject dealt within the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which had recently entered into force It was an issue that was intimately connected with arms control at the time and the development of weapons technology. In this Study, Dr. Marvin Kalkstein of the State University of New York, discussed the implications of peaceful nuclear explosives for arms control and disarmament. He considers in particular which international arrangements and control measures might be appropriate. The study is in three main sections. It begins with a description of the "state of the art" of nuclear explosives technology. After reviewing proposed uses of nuclear explosives and their potential economic and social merits, the first section outlines the technical problems which remain to be solved before actual applications will be feasible. The second section of the study deals in detail with the arms control problems posed by peaceful nuclear explosives. The core of these is the difficulty of making arrangements for testing and use of nuclear explosives which will be compatible with the terms and purposes of the existing nuclear test ban or with a future comprehensive test ban treaty. The last section examines the weapons control problems and some of the financial and political alternatives which would be involved in establishing international arrangements for conducing peaceful applications of nuclear explosives. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Peaceful Nuclear Explosives, PNE, Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, International Arrangements, SIPRI, Explosives Testing, Test Ban
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