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On the practicalities of producing a nuclear weapon using high-assay low-enriched uranium [PDF]

arXiv
It was recently argued by Kemp et al. that HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium, or uranium enriched up to 19.75\%) can conceivably be used to produce a nuclear weapon and on this basis civilian enrichment limits should be lowered to 10% or 12%. We find their argument unconvincing in several respects.
arxiv  

Synergistic Effects of Deterrence by Denial and Safeguards in the Biological Weapons Convention: Building on the History of International Nuclear Safeguards

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The notion of deterrence by denial has been introduced in relation to biosecurity. The goal of deterrence by denial in biosecurity extends beyond dissuading attacks. It also encompasses the protection of citizens in the event of an attack.
Kazuko Hikawa
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The Effects of Nuclear Terrorism: Fizzles [PDF]

arXiv, 2002
The September 11 terrorist attack against America has caused a lot of concern to the American public and the entire world, which is suspecting a new attack sooner or later. The most frightening scenario is the one involving the detonation of a nuclear device at the heart of a large metropolitan city.
arxiv  

Addressing the ethical and legal complexities of hospital visitation restrictions for patients who are incarcerated

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Amber R. Comer
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling Timing Uncertainty of Event‐Driven Connectedness Among Oil‐Based Energy Commodities

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Reported news events frequently influence the pricing dynamics of oil‐based commodities. We analyse almost 900 oil‐related events from 1987 to 2022, categorising them based on recurring characteristics. We quantify dynamic connectedness among energy commodities and apply a novel bootstrap‐after‐bootstrap testing procedure to identify 21 ...
Evžen Kočenda, Daniel Bartušek
wiley   +1 more source

Irreversibility in Nuclear Arms Control: Lessons from the US-Soviet/Russian Arms Control Process

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The United States and Soviet Union/Russian Federation signed several arms control treaties that mandated reductions in their numbers of deployed nuclear weapons.
Amy F. Woolf
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Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Position, implementation and significance [PDF]

Srpska Politička Misao
Although there was a opinion that the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would represent the end of the era of the development of this type of weapon and the threat of nuclear war, this did not happen, having in mind that no country possessing a ...
Arsić Katarina
doaj   +1 more source

Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Collaboration is ubiquitous in public policy life, with its presence and profile determined by prevailing governance conditions. Commitments to globalisation and marketisation in the latter part of the 20th century marked the onset of an era defined by collaboration, between and across tiers and spheres of government, with non‐state actors ...
Helen Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear diffusion: A rethinking of why nation-states go nuclear

, 1996
Nuclear Diffusion: A Rethinking of Horizontal Nuclear Weapons Proliferation examines the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the nuclear age. What is pondered are the specific reasons why a state would pursue a nuclear weapons deterrent.
Kofinis, Chris
core  

Nuclear Weapons in Regional Contexts: The Cases of Argentina and Brazil [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
South America is a region which is free from nuclear weapons. However, this was not an inevitable development from the relationships among its countries. Indeed, regional rivalries between Brazil and Argentina, with military implications for both countries, lasted a long time.
arxiv