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Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty |
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nuclear test-ban treaty: see disarmament, nuclear disarmament, nuclear, the reduction and limitation of the various nuclear weapons in the military forces of the world's nations. The atomic bombs dropped (1945) on Japan by the United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming destructive potential of ..... Click the link for more information. . Nuclear Test-Ban Treatyofficially Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under WaterTreaty that prohibits all tests of nuclear weapons except those conducted underground. U.S.-Soviet test-ban talks began after concerns arose in the 1940s and '50s about the dangers of radioactive fallout from above-ground nuclear tests. These talks made little progress until the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. In the following year, Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union signed the treaty, and more than 100 other governments soon followed. France and China were notable nonsignatories. In 1996 the treaty was replaced by the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, which will not take effect until it is signed by all 44 countries with nuclear power plants. India refuses to do so on the ground that the treaty lacks disarmament provisions and permits nonexplosive testing. See also Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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[paragraph] In 1993, initiate five-power talks with the declared nuclear states--and parallel discussions in the Disarmament Conference and the Partial Test Ban Treaty Amendment Conference--aimed at completing a multilateral comprehensive test ban as soon as possible, to take effect, at the latest, by the opening of the 1995 renewal conference for the Nonproliferation Treaty. Miguel Marin Bosch of Mexico on 7 February presented a paper, co-authored by six countries, on verification of the amendment proposal to convert the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) of 1963 into a comprehensive test ban treaty. Other top priority issues will be examined against that same hopeful backdrop: converting the partial test ban treaty to a comprehensive one; halting the nuclear arms race, banning nuclear tests, preventing an arms race in outer space, naval armaments, ending the production of fissionable material and nuclear weapons, creating nuclear-weapon-free zones, and giving security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States. |
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