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Title: The new nuclear nations

Abstract

Using 251 pages of text, 66 pages of references and 26 pages of appendixes, Spector delves into a world of new nuclear suppliers whose voracious hunger for profits may lead them to provide unwise assistance to countries that are unduly interested in nuclear weaponry. He assails a new dragon, a 'nuclear netherworld' that would illicitly supply such items for profit or political gain. Spector's book tells of covert dealings in nuclear technologies and materials. For him, the buyers have but one goal: '... to gain possession of the knowledge and materials necessary for development of nuclear weapons'. He warns of dangers from this illicit trade, of the loopholes in existing controls and the need to close them. His warnings come wrapped in stories of undercover transactions, many about Pakistan's efforts to get what it needs for its centrifuge enrichment plant. Recognizing the tightening of controls over nuclear trade since the 1970s, including those for dual-use items, Spector is nonetheless pessimistic that these efforts are sufficient to irradicate the nuclear netherworld or to deter newcomers from it.

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6420285
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PROLIFERATION; ADVERSARIES; ARMS CONTROL; CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIVERSION; NUCLEAR TRADE; POLITICAL ASPECTS; PROFITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; TRADE; WEAPONS; 350200* - Arms Control- Proliferation- (1987-); 290600 - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy; 055002 - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards, Inspection, & Accountability- Nontechnical Aspects

Citation Formats

Spector, L. The new nuclear nations. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Spector, L. The new nuclear nations. United States.
Spector, L. 1985. "The new nuclear nations". United States.
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abstractNote = {Using 251 pages of text, 66 pages of references and 26 pages of appendixes, Spector delves into a world of new nuclear suppliers whose voracious hunger for profits may lead them to provide unwise assistance to countries that are unduly interested in nuclear weaponry. He assails a new dragon, a 'nuclear netherworld' that would illicitly supply such items for profit or political gain. Spector's book tells of covert dealings in nuclear technologies and materials. For him, the buyers have but one goal: '... to gain possession of the knowledge and materials necessary for development of nuclear weapons'. He warns of dangers from this illicit trade, of the loopholes in existing controls and the need to close them. His warnings come wrapped in stories of undercover transactions, many about Pakistan's efforts to get what it needs for its centrifuge enrichment plant. Recognizing the tightening of controls over nuclear trade since the 1970s, including those for dual-use items, Spector is nonetheless pessimistic that these efforts are sufficient to irradicate the nuclear netherworld or to deter newcomers from it.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
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