Overview

The safe destruction and dismantling of chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons is of fundamental importance to the security of a number of countries represented in this volume. Expertise in the field is not confined to one country or organization: all can benefit from each other. There is an ever present danger of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: approximately two dozen countries have ongoing programmes to develop or acquire such weapons, and many are also gaining the capability to build air-surface delivery systems. But much can be done to prevent proliferation by reducing leakage of materials and know-how and by solving the problems of the destruction of surplus weapons systems, which has now come to be a key issue.

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Author:   N. Schulte
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9780792344704

ISBN 10:   0792344707
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   28 February 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Cooperation as a Common Strategic Interest.- Session 1: Dismantlement and Destruction of Chemical, Nuclear and Conventional Weapons.- 2. Toward Peace with Ever-Fewer Weapons.- 3. Dismantlement and Destruction of Chemical, Nuclear and Conventional Weapons.- 4. Disarmament and Conversion.- Session 2: Status of Implementation of Arms Control Treaties and Voluntary Commitments.- 5. Challenges in Reducing the Legacy of the Cold War.- 6. French Policy on Arms Control and Disarmament.- Session 3: National Perspectives on Cooperation in Disarmament.- 7. The Netherlands: Participation in Chemical Weapons Destruction.- 8. Norwegian Perspectives and Participation in Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Disarmament.- 9. U.S. National Perspectives on Cooperation in Disarmament: The Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.- 10. Belarus: Problems of Disarmament and Arms Control.- 11. The French-Russian Programme for Nuclear Weapons Dismantlement: The “AIDA Plan”.- 12. German Perspectives on Cooperation in Disarmament.- 13. Japanese Perspectives on the Destruction of Nuclear and Chemical Weapons.- 14. Implementation of Arms Control Treaties: A U.K. Perspective.- Session 4: Stocktaking of National and Bilateral Disposal/Destruction Programmes: Chemical Weapons.- 15. The Destruction of Chemical Weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention.- 16. Overview of the United States Chemical Demilitarization Program.- 17. Destruction of German Old Chemical Weapons in Munster.- 18. United States Support to the Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Program.- 19. German-Russian Cooperation in the Destruction of Chemical Weapons.- 20. Swedish-Russian Cooperation Project Concerning the Lewisite Storage Facility in Kambarka.- Session 5: Stocktaking of National and Bilateral Disposal/Destruction Programmes:Nuclear Weapons.- 21. Status of Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Department of Energy.- 22. Cooperative Threat Reduction: The View from Russia.- 23. Nuclear Disarmament: A French Perspective.- 24. German Bilateral Cooperative Programmes in the Nuclear Field.- 25. Cooperative Approaches to Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.- 26. Japan’s Technical Secretariat on Cooperation for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.- 27. Combatting Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear Materials: Cooperation Projects Financed by the European Union with Non-Member Countries.- Session 6: Stocktaking of National and Bilateral Disposal/Destruction Programmes: Conventional Weapons.- 28. Plans, Programmes and Challenges in the Destruction of Conventional Weapons.- 29. The CFE Treaty as the Foundation for European Security: Russia’s Participation and Perspectives.- 30. Dismantlement and Destruction of Conventional Weapons.- Session 7: Experience with Currently Employed Chemical Destruction Technologies.- 31. Currently Employed Destruction Technologies: An Introduction.- 32. Chemical Warfare Agents and Weapons Disposal Experience in the United States.- Session 8: Alternative Chemical Destruction Technologies.- 33. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Working Party on Chemical Weapons Destruction Technologies.- 34. Destruction of Chemical Weapons.- 35. Old Chemical Weapons in Belgium: Do We Need Alternative Destruction Technologies?.- Session 9: Deactivation, Dismantlement and Destruction of Delivery Systems and Infrastructure for Nuclear Weapons.- 36. Deactivation, Dismantlement and Destruction of Delivery Systems and Infrastructure.- 37. Dismantlement of Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicles and their Associated Infrastructure: Prospects and Problems.- Session 10: Storage,Safeguarding and Disposition of Fissile Materials.- 38. Storage and Safeguarding of Fissile Materials.- 39. Disposition of Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Russia: Evaluation of Different Options.- 40. Storage, Safeguarding and Disposition of Fissile Materials.- Session 11: Technologies for Conversion and Civil Use of Demilitarized Materials.- 41. Plans, Programmes and Challenges in the Destruction of Conventional Weapons.- 42. Conversion Technologies and the Civilian Use of Demilitarised Material.- Session 12: International Organizations.- 43. The NATO Science Committee Disarmament Technologies Programme.- 44. Redirection of Research Facilities and Scientific Personnel.- 45. The Science and Technology Centre of Ukraine.- Session 13: Environmental Challenges Posed by Chemical and Nuclear Disarmament.- 46. Cooperation in Solving Environmental Problems of the Armed Forces of Russia and Germany: Experience and Prospects.- 47. Aspects of Environmental Protection in the Destruction of Chemical Weapons.- 48. Environmental Policy Challenges in Connection with Disarmament and Contaminated Military Sites.- 49. Environmental Challenges Posed by Nuclear Disarmament in the North: The Finnish Response.- 50. Disarmament and Environment.- Conclusion.- 51. Accomplishments and Challenges of Disarmament.- Appendix: List of Participants.

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