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Research required to support comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty monitoring. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:575026

After years of negotiation, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was signed at the United Nations in September 1996. The treaty creates a need for global monitoring in the context of national and international efforts to control nuclear arms. To meet this technical challenge, the United States is at a time of pivotal decisions-making with regard to the level and nature of basic research in support of CTBT verification. To address this problem, this study identifies the basic research questions in the fields of seismology, hydroacoustics, infrasonics, and radionuclide monitoring that should be supported to enhance the capabilities to monitor and verify the CTBT.

Research Organization:
National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States). Committee on Seismology
OSTI ID:
575026
Report Number(s):
PB--98-112485/XAB; CNN: Grants AFOSR-PO-950011, AFOSR-EAR-9526501; ISBN 0-309-05826-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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