Citations with the tag: NUCLEAR weapons testing
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- The comprehensive test ban treaty.
// Defense Monitor; 1999, Vol. 28 Issue 7, p1Reports on the vote of the United States Senate defeating ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. INSETS: No treaty, but no testing;On reorienting military policy..
- Orwell's memory holes.
// Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Feb1986, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p2Introduces a series of articles concerning nuclear weapons testing, published in the February 1986 issue of the periodical 'Bulletin.' Frustration of nonaligned and neutral countries with the U.S.'s adamant refusal to resume negotiations for a test ban that they have passed an unusual United...
- Behind the disclosure of US secret tests.
Norris, R.S.; Cochran, T.B. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Mar1988, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p3Presents an excerpt from the working paper `Known US Nuclear Tests July 1945 to 31 December 1987' which was written as part of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Nuclear Weapons Datebook project. Types of tests; How a nuclear test is prepared.
- UN presses superpowers on test ban.
Epstein, W. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Mar1988, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p7Discusses United Nations pressure on the US and the Soviet Union to produce a nuclear test ban. Agreement concluded between Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and US Secretary of State George Shultz; Resolutions proposed in the UN General Assembly.
- What it would take to ban testing.
Goldblat, J. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Oct1988, Vol. 44 Issue 8, p25Discusses conditions necessary to achieve a comprehensive test ban on nuclear weapons. Progress made during the last 30 years; Negotiations; Proposals.
- Round two of test ban flap: No I didn't.
Brown, P.S. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Dec1988, Vol. 44 Issue 10, p5Opinion. The author defends his public comments which he claims were distorted by Jack Evernden in his article `Lies that Stopped a Test Ban' in the October issue of this magazine.
- Nevada test site's dirty little secrets.
Geary, R.R. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Apr1989, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p35Discusses the secrecy surrounding US testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site and the pointlessness of government denials of such tests, since all are documented by seismic recordings done by the California Institute of Technology.
- Non-nuclear states move to end testing.
Epstein, W.; Seaborg, G.T. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Jun1989, Vol. 45 Issue 5, p36Reports that the United Nations has called a conference to amend the Partial Test Ban Treaty and make it comprehensive and the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to come. INSET: German physicists: 1,700 tests are enough, by M. Birkholz..
- Project Chariot: How Alaska escaped nuclear excavation.
O'Neill, D. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Dec1989, Vol. 45 Issue 10, p28Tells the story of Edward Teller's `Project Chariot' planned as the first application of nuclear explosions for industrial and public works in Alaska, and how the residents of Point Hope challenged the government and won their victory on ecological grounds. INSET: Shooting the moon (Teller...
- Sleuthing from home.
Gupta, Vipin; McNab, Philip // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Dec1993, Vol. 49 Issue 10, p44Tells how it is possible for the Verification Technology Information Center (VERTIC) to monitor nuclear testing in China within three hours of the detonation. Use of commercial satellite imagery, seismic data and computer programs; Questions regarding collection and dissemination of sensitive...
- Dear Mr. Khrushchev.
Adamskii, Viktor // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Nov/Dec1995, Vol. 51 Issue 6, p28Presents an essay relating the author and his colleagues' experiences on how they attempted to influence Soviet policymakers to accept an agreement that would bar all nuclear weapons tests. Problems with regard to nuclear weapons testing; Americans' proposition of banning tests in the...
- Spinning to the right.
Isaacs, John // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Nov/Dec1997, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p14Focuses on the article published in August 28, 1997 Washington Times newspaper on the possible violation committed by the Russian Federation government with regards to nuclear testing. Issue on the ratification of test ban treaty; Comments from Frank Gaffney of Pentagon on Russian duplicity;...
- A flash from the past.
Albright, David; Gay, Corey // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Nov/Dec1997, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p15Reports the brief, intense, double flash of light detected by United States Vela satellite near the southern tip of South Africa on September 22, 1979. Reopening of the issue by South African Minister Aziz Pahad; Recollection of the actual event and possible clues that it really happened in...
- Senate: Test ban prospects shaken.
Isaacs, John // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Jul/Aug1998, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p40Focuses on the effect of nuclear weapons testing conducted in India on May 11 and 13, 1998 on the prospects of the United States Senate approval of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Effect of the testing on CTBT, the U.S. theater missile system; View of test ban supporters of the tests;...
- Caught in the crossfire.
Oberoi, Surinder Singh // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Sep/Oct1998, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p13Focuses on the violence that took place in Kashmir, India, with reference to the nuclear weapons test conducted by India and Pakistan. Warning given by Indian Home Minister, L.K. Advani; Circumstances surrounding the violence in Kashmir; Fleeing of several Kashmir villagers; Comments from some...
- After the test: India and Pakistan update.
Norris, Robert S.; Arkin, William M. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Sep/Oct1998, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p69Comments of the nuclear weapons tests conducted by India and Pakistan during May 1998. What the rapid response to India's nuclear test by Pakistan suggest; Information on the governments of the two countries; Development of ballistic missiles by the two countries; Advantages and disadvantages...
- France's finger on button to resume nuclear testing.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor; 6/13/95, Vol. 87 Issue 138, p7No abstract available.
- South Pacific nations.
MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Christian Science Monitor; 6/15/95, Vol. 87 Issue 140, p2Informs the decision of France to resume its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in September, 1995, before signing the ban treaty on nuclear testing in 1996.
- Australia and New Zealand.
MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Christian Science Monitor; 6/20/95, Vol. 87 Issue 143, p2Reports on the increased discontentment shown by Australia and New Zealand against the French Governments' nuclear tests in the French Polynesia region.
- Pacific nations use money to end French atomic tests.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor; 6/23/95, Vol. 87 Issue 146, p6Reports on the French government's decision to resume underground nuclear testing on a small coral atoll in the Pacific. Threat of economic reprisals by the nations nearest to the test site; Environmentalists and the Western European Union's concern over the decision.
- A french ex-minister of culture.
Hanson, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Abraham // Christian Science Monitor; 7/18/95, Vol. 87 Issue 162, p2Reports on a French ex-minister's demand that the French people should have the last word on the nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
- French wallets take hit in protests over nuclear tests.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor; 8/25/95, Vol. 87 Issue 190, p1Reports on the international consumer boycott of French goods that has started following French announcement of continuation of nuclear-testing programs. Other repercussions of the decision of France; Brief on the protests in Australia against the resumption of nuclear testing by France. ...
- Bomb fallout over France.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor; 9/6/95, Vol. 87 Issue 197, p5Looks into the French response to certain terrorist activities in Paris. France's plans to continue her nuclear tests; Worldwide criticism of French nuclear designs; French officials on the issue.
- Explosive debate over new ways to test US nuclear stockpile.
Landay, Johnathan S. // Christian Science Monitor; 1/15/97, Vol. 89 Issue 35, p1Reports on the implementation of a program to test nuclear weapons stockpiled by the United States Department of Defense. What the program seeks to do; Controversy surrounding the program; Effects of the program on United States allies; Examination of whether or not the United States has the...
- Let the United States First Cast Out the Beam from Its Own Eye.
Larrabee, J. Whitfield // Humanist; Jul/Aug98, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p3Focuses on the condemnation leveled against India and Pakistan for its nuclear tests, with reference to the nuclear tests that were conducted by the United States (U.S.) and Russia. How nuclear tests affect the world; Details on the numbers of nuclear weapons that Russia and the U.S. possess;...
- Atomic testing good fodder for new museum.
Richards, Sally // Las Vegas Business Press; 8/25/2003, Vol. 20 Issue 34, p12Highlights the groundbreaking of the nuclear testing site in Nevada. Grant awarded by Bechtel Foundation to Atomic Testing Museum for the display; Date of the nuclear testing display; Aim to honor the people involved at the Nevada Test Site and preserve the heritage.
- No need to resume nuclear testing.
Richards, Sally // New Statesman & Society; 6/25/93, Vol. 6 Issue 258, p6Urges President Clinton to take a clear stand on the issue of nuclear testing by urging nuclear powers to sign up for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Pressure from military-industrial complex to resume testing; British government's efforts to augment pro-testing lobby; Implications of a United...
- Gone fission.
Cockburn, Alexander // New Statesman & Society; 6/25/93, Vol. 6 Issue 258, p16Presents an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages should President Bill Clinton decide to resume nuclear testing. Compromise with five tests per calendar year; Considerations of safety; British government pleas for resumption of testing; Prompting other countries to resume; Low threshold...
- Detecting the Soviet bomb: Joe-1 in a rain barrel.
Friedman, Herbert; Lockhart, Luther B. // Physics Today; Nov96, Vol. 49 Issue 11, p38Highlights the attempts of the United State's (US) Office of Naval Research to detect the testing of nuclear weapons by the Soviet Union in 1947. Details on the equipment used to detect radioactivity; Contribution of the US Air Force; Setting up of Rainbarrel stations through the Soviet tests.
- Indian & Pakistani nuclear madness--and ours.
Friedman, Herbert; Lockhart, Luther B. // Tikkun; Jul/Aug98, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p7Opinion. Discusses issue concerning the testing of atomic weapons by India and Pakistan. Reference to five major powers controlling nuclear weapons; Arrogance portrayed by many regrading this issue; Affects the testing of these nuclear weapons could have.
- GIST: US nuclear testing policy.
Friedman, Herbert; Lockhart, Luther B. // U.S. Department of State Dispatch; 1/21/91, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p50Discusses the US and Soviet Union ratification of two nuclear testing treaties and verification protocols, December, 1990. Nuclear testing talks since November 1987; Effective verification of compliance; Details how the protocols work; Further limits on nuclear testing. INSET: Why testing is...
- France plans to conduct its fifth nuclear test in the South Pacific today.
Hanson, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Abraham T. // Christian Science Monitor; 12/28/95, Vol. 88 Issue 23, p2Informs about the decision of France to conduct its fifth nuclear test in the South Pacific on December 28, 1995.
- Monitoring explosions.
Young, Patrick // Earth; Feb97, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p12Reports on the use of various gases in the detection of underground nuclear explosions. Simulation of nuclear test by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Suggestions for on-site investigation of suspected nuclear testing.
- Boycott France?
George, Dev // Offshore; Sep95, Vol. 55 Issue 9, p6Focuses on the international protests launched against the French government and on French companies for France's nuclear testing in the South Pacific seas. Call for a boycott on French companies; Pressure on French oil companies to intercede with their government.
- France claims Mururoa rocks are blast-proof.
Patel, Tara // New Scientist; 9/30/95, Vol. 147 Issue 1997, p7Reports on the stability of the rocks in Mururoa for nuclear testing according to the French government. Amount of radioactivity locked under Mururoa; Australian scientists' claims on the unsuitability of the atoll as repositories of nuclear waste.
- French tests pass.
Patel, Tara // New Scientist; 10/28/95, Vol. 148 Issue 2001, p11Reports that France's nuclear tests in the Pacific are in accord with Europe's Euratom Treaty according to the European Commission. Confirmation that radioactivity is under legal limits.
- What Lies Beneath.
Radu, Sandra // Harvard International Review; Spring2001, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p78Reviews the report `The Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa,' published by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which deals with the radiological impact of nuclear tests.
- Seismic monitoring to enforce nuclear test bans.
Radu, Sandra // Futurist; Jan/Feb95, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p7Reports on the use of earthquake-monitoring networks with detectors sensitive enough to pinpoint nuclear-weapons testing in violation of international treaties. Usefulness of data from seismic networks; Measure on the Richter scale of a first-generation nuclear weapon of simple design.
- Only Clinton can save test ban.
Kimball, Daryl; Young, Stephen // Christian Science Monitor; 8/16/96, Vol. 88 Issue 184, p20No abstract available.
- Did US lose chance to ban nuclear testing?
Kimball, Daryl; Young, Stephen // America; 4/19/1986, Vol. 154 Issue 15, p316Former congressman Robert Drinan questions the decision of the Reagan Administration to conduct a nuclear test on March 22, 1986, and thus end the Soviet Union's self-imposed, eight month test moratorium. The Administration rejected the demands of scores of professional groups and much of the...
- Chain reaction on the subcontinent.
Goble, Paul A. // World & I; Aug98, Vol. 13 Issue 8, p42Comments on the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan. Announcement of India and Pakistan in May 1998 regarding the testing of nuclear weapons; Emergence of regional conflicts; Impact of the Indian and Pakistani explosions on the Cold War.
- US takes a closer look at nuclear test veterans.
Kiernan, Vincent // New Scientist; 7/3/93, Vol. 139 Issue 1880, p8Reports on the launching of a second study on the causes of death of men who took part in the nuclear tests of the 1950s. Similar study in 1985; Government's refusal to compensate veterans with cancer; Limited Test Ban Treaty; Deliberate exposure to radiation of servicemen.
- What have they got to hide?
Kiernan, Vincent // New Scientist; 9/23/95, Vol. 147 Issue 1996, p3Editorial. Discusses the issue of the French nuclear tests in the Pacific. European Commission's directions to France; Response of France on being asked to submit proof of safety of the nuclear tests to the commission.
- Dust Control Gets Costly.
Kiernan, Vincent // Popular Mechanics; Dec99, Vol. 176 Issue 12, p22Focuses on the dust control for lasers that the United States Department of Defense plans to use to perform non explosive tests of nuclear weapons.
- Orwell's memory holes.
Kiernan, Vincent // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Feb1986, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p2Introduces a series of articles concerning nuclear weapons testing, published in the February 1986 issue of the periodical 'Bulletin.' Frustration of nonaligned and neutral countries with the U.S.'s adamant refusal to resume negotiations for a test ban that they have passed an unusual United...
- Before We Cheer.
Day Jr., Samuel H. // Progressive; Nov87, Vol. 51 Issue 11, p14Discusses the emergence of Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 agreement to ban nuclear-bomb tests in the atmosphere and in the ocean. Limitations of the proposed agreement; Advancement in the technology of underground nuclear-weapons testing; Obstacles in the early signing of a comprehensive...
- The test ban and reliability.
McKinney, Thomas A. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Jun/Jul1986, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p61Comments on the debate concerning the effect of a nuclear weapons testing ban on the reliability of U.S. nuclear stockpile and the level of Soviet confidence.
- Firestorm of protest radiates from Pacific.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor; 8/11/95, Vol. 87 Issue 180, p1Reports on the outcry of protests made by the antinuclear activists to the decision of resumption of nuclear testing by France's President Jacques Chirac. Consequent economic boycott and international criticism on the decision; Importance of the tests as stated by French officials; Determining...
- Press releases don't tell all.
Chaddock, Gail Russell // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Jan/Feb1990, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p4Discusses media reports of an Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report on safety at the Energy Department's nuclear test site in Nevada. The media emphasized the conclusion that tests should be announced to the public.
- Speaking up or laying low?
Mathews, Brendan // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Nov/Dec1998, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p5States the views of Indian scientists on nuclear weapon testing in India. Expectation of the scientist on the nuclear program; Protest on the program.
