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Reducing the risks of nuclear war; the role of health professionals

open access: yesBabcock University Medical Journal, 2023
According to the United Nations, the risk of nuclear weapons use is higher than at any time since the Cold War: "The Russian Federation’s recent announcement of plans to station non-strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus represents the first 'nuclear ...
Chris Zielinski
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Nuclear power and nuclear-weapons proliferation [PDF]

open access: yesPhysics Today, 1978
For decades, nuclear power has been considered a major component in the energy supply plans of some countries and an important option for the future in others. Like other energy sources, especially oil, nuclear power has become linked to national security and economic health in many countries; the magnitude of fuel reserves and the assurance of supply ...
Moniz, Ernest J., Neff, Thomas L.
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Setting the Deadline for Nuclear Weapon Destruction under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2019
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons requires nuclear-armed states that join the treaty while still possessing “nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices” to “destroy them as soon as possible but not later than a deadline to be ...
Moritz Kütt, Zia Mian
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The Role of Small States in Promoting International Security: The Case of Mongolia

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
Multilateralism and preventive diplomacy are essential in productively addressing common interests and challenges, including issues related to nuclear security.
Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan
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Living in the shadow: Britain and the USSR’s nuclear weapon delivery systems 1949-62 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This thesis examines British intelligence collection efforts against the Soviet Union’s nuclear bombers and long-range nuclear ballistic missiles during the period 1949 until 1962.
O'daly, K.
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Oculomotor examination of the weapon focus effect: does a gun automatically engage visual attention? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A person is less likely to be accurately remembered if they appear in a visual scene with a gun, a result that has been termed the weapon focus effect (WFE).
Flowe, Heather D.   +12 more
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Establishing Nuclear Weapons Obligations for a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
The United Nations General Assembly in 2019 held its first annual conference with the “aim of elaborating a legally binding treaty establishing a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction”.
Zia Mian
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Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2007
The United States is considering the development and deployment of new nuclear weapon designs, the objective being to sustain the nation9s ultimate deterrent for the foreseeable future.* These initiatives are presented as supporting the highest U.S. security priorities, which include countering the threats of terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear ...
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“Permanence with Accountability”: An Elusive Goal of the NPT

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
The slogan “permanence with accountability” emerged at the NPT’s 1995 Review and Extension Conference as a way of characterizing the outcome of that conference – the indefinite extension of the treaty coupled with enhanced means of ensuring ...
Paul Meyer
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Impurity Diffusion at Instantaneous Outburst from a Point Source in Worst-Case Emergency Scenario Realization

open access: yesГлобальная ядерная безопасность, 2022
The article studies the emergency development accompanied by an explosive item explosion (burning) which contained in nuclear weapon and by a scattering nuclear fissile material into the environment.
O. A. Gubeladze, A. R. Gubeladze
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