Sentences with phrase «as nonproliferation»

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«It remains U.S. policy, as it has been for some time, to seek the strongest possible nonproliferation protections in every instance,» he told the senators.

It was precisely because of this evidence that the United States and its partners passed multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, implemented devastating sanctions, and devised the JCPOA, which puts much more severe restrictions on Iran's nuclear program than it would have faced as a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in good standing.

As already explained, when North Korea left the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, the western powers gave it an aid package in return for an agreement not to pursue nuclear weapons.

Feinstein noted that the Senate bill would cut spending on nuclear nonproliferation by 6.8 % to $ 1.81 billion — as requested by the Obama administration.

This has applications for nuclear plant safety, as well as national security and nuclear nonproliferation monitoring.

That reaction concerns Jonathan Tucker, director of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Washington, D.C. «The smallpox situation sets a troubling precedent for other infectious diseases, such as polio and measles,» he says.

The United States has decided not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear countries as long as they comply with their nonproliferation commitments under different international treaties.

«This is very positive,» agreed Chen Kane, senior research associate at the Monterey Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies, although she said precautions should be taken in case Syrian President Bashar al - Assad tries to conceal part of his chemical weapons stockpile as did dictators Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

Although experts wonder whether the RRW can be certified as reliable without testing, Drell insists that «no new testing is absolutely critical» to help ensure U.S. integrity concerning test bans and nonproliferation.

The game's creator, William Higinbotham, was a physicist who lobbied for nuclear nonproliferation as the first chair of the Federation of American Scientists.

March 27, 2018 - LIVERMORE — Harnessing the unusual characteristics of the elusive subatomic particles known as antineutrinos, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will lead a new international multi-laboratory and university collaboration for nonproliferation research.

Previously, Mr. Dyke led Booz Allen Hamilton's business practice on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security, working closely with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DOE as well as the U.S. nuclear industry on a wide spectrum of energy and security consulting projects.

Harnessing the unusual characteristics of elusive subatomic particles known as antineutrinos, the University of California, Irvine will play a key role in a nuclear nonproliferation research collaboration between U.S. and U.K. laboratories and universities.

[UPDATED, 10:50 p.m.: John P. Holdren, a Harvard physicist best known as a strong proponent of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and a specialist on energy technology policy and nuclear nonproliferation, has been chosen to be Mr. Obama's science adviser, according to two people close to Dr. Holdren and one person involved in the decision.

Reports conducted by the congressionally - appointed National Defense Panel and Center for Nonproliferation Studies indicate the nuclear arsenal could cost as much as $ 1 trillion to modernize.