On the non-proliferation framework of Japan`s peaceful nuclear utilization program

Conference · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:268101

Kano, Takashi ^[1]

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1. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokyo (Japan)

The Conference of the States Party to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (hereinafter referred to as the NPT) convened in New York, from April 17 to May 12, 1995 and decided that the NPT shall continue in force indefinitely, after reviewing the operation and affirming some aspects of the NPT, while emphasizing the ``Decision on Strengthening the Review Process`` for the NPT and the ``Decision on Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament,`` also adopted by the Conference. In parallel, Japan made its basic non-proliferation policy clear in the ``Long-Term Program for Research, Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy`` which was decided by the Atomic Energy Commission (chaired by Mikio Oomi, then Minister of the Science and Technology Agency of Japan) in June 1994. The Long-Term Program discusses various problems facing post-Cold-War international society and describes Japan`s policy for establishing international confidence concerning non-proliferation. This paper summarizes Japan`s non-proliferation policy as articulated in the Long-Term Program, and describes some results of an analysis comparing the Long-Term Program with the resolutions on the international non-proliferation frameworks adopted by the NPT conference.

• OSTI ID: 268101
• Report Number(s): CONF-960306--; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
JAPAN
NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
SAFEGUARDS