General Info about Nukes
Organizations and Resources
- See also Organizations page, especially DoD and other government resources.
- United Nations
- U.N. Disarmament Home Page
- NBC and/or multi-threat
- The Nonproliferation Review, by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
- Applied Science and Analysis, Inc., "established in 1983 to specialize in nuclear, biological and chemical defense and protection issues worldwide"
- Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), "conversion of military resources for civilian purposes"
- Joint Bradford - SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
- Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI)
- Federation of American Scientists (FAS) home page
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Monterey Institute of International Studies
- Nuclear
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS), "a center of expertise for nuclear weapons education"
- Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), home page
- the Nuclear Control Institute, "an independent research and advocacy center specializing in problems of nuclear proliferation"
- Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, "reducing arsenals, preventing proliferation, building cooperation"
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
- Nuclear Waste Citizens Coalition (NWCC)
- Bellona Foundation, focusing on polution, including nuclear fuel disposal problems in Russia
- Nuclear Abolition Network (NAN)
- European Nuclear Society
- the Nuclear Control Institute (NCI)
- Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), "a semi-autonomous body within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)" ... " The objective of the Agency is to contribute to the development of nuclear energy as a safe, environmentally-acceptable and economical energy source through co-operation among its participating countries." Member countries in Europe, America, and Australasia.
- RADNET: information about source points of anthropogenic radioactivity, with links including those to decommissioning of plants, and of radioactive plume sources - military and civilian
- Counter-Terrorism
- The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- Security Studies Resources
- INCORE Regional Internet Guides, by the Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity (INCORE)
- The Brookings Institution, public policy issues
- The Canadian Insititute of Strategic Studies (CISS)
- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford Univ.
Nuke Pics
Nuclear Effects
Dirty Bombs
Nuclear Treaties & Law
- International Nuclear Laws, Univ. of Western Australia
- Nuclear Weapons Treaty Archive, originally hosted at Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory
- Nuclear Explosion Catalog, Oklahoma Geological Survey ---(local copy), includes short explanation of detection in Oklahoma of Chinese nuclear test
- Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy 1960 ---(local copy)
- Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage 1963 ---(local copy)
- Limited Test Ban Treaty (allowing underground tests only) 1963 ---(local copy)
- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 1968 ---(local copy)
- Nuclear Weapons on Seabed Treaty 1971 ---(local copy)
- Threshold Test Ban Treaty and Protocol 1974, 1990 ---(local copy)
- Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty and Protocol 1976, 1990 ---(local copy)
- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials 1980 ---(local copy)
- Convention Supplementary to Paris Conv on 3rd Party Liability Nuclear Energy 1982 ---(local copy)
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty 1985 ---(local copy)
- Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident 1986 ---(local copy)
- Convention Assistance in Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency 1986 ---(local copy)
- Joint Protocol on Application of the Vienna and Paris Conventions 1988 ---(local copy)
- CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 1995 APR 10 Version
START Treaties
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) (narrative) ---(local copy)
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) ---(local copy)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) ---(local copy)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II) ---(local copy)
Space Treaties
Missile Treaties
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ---(local copy)
- Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement ---(local copy)
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces ---(local copy)
- Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Guidelines ---(local copy)
Threat Risk
- The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Assistance, a CRS report
- U.S. Efforts to Reduce Threats From the Former Soviet Union, a GAO report
- Effort to Reduce Former Soviet Threat Offers Benefits, Poses New Risks, a GAO report
- DOE's Efforts to Secure Nuclear Material and Employ Weapons Scientists in Russia, a GAO report
- Limited Progress in Improving Nuclear Material Security in Russia and the Newly Independent States, a GAO report
- Russia's Crumbling Tactical Nuclear Weapons Complex: An Opportunity for Arms Control, by Lambert and Miller, USAFA INSS Occasional Paper
- Weapons Proliferation and Organized Crime: The Russian Military and Security Force, by Turbiville, USAFA INSS Occasional Paper
- 91144: Nuclear Weapons in the Former Soviet Union: Location, Command, and Control, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, posted by FAS
- Ex-USSR Nuclear Technologies and the World, with breakout by individual countries
- Chronology of Nuclear Smuggling Incidents, 1993-96, appended to Senate testimony of the Director of Central Intelligence
- The Military Coup in Pakistan: Implications for Nuclear Stability in South Asia, by Gaurav Kampani, Oct. 1999
- Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Assessing the Risks, 1993 OTA publication ---(local copy)
Technologies Involved
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