This dissertation explores Canada's role in developing the global nuclear nonproliferation norm, responding to the puzzle that while nuclear weapons are important for security, most states have chosen to forego these weapons. Canadian nuclear behavior is used to test the hypothesis that states ...
Why are nuclear families important?Nuclear Family:While a family can and usually does include further relatives like cousins, the term nuclear family specifically refers to parents and their children. It is most often used by sociologists to refer to the smallest family unit in a society....
Why is nuclear chemistry important?Question:Why is nuclear chemistry important?Atoms:In chemistry, there is the study of elements and the primary component of an element which is an atom. The atom forms the smallest unit of a specific element and exhibits the characteristics of the source element...
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) involves using the energy from a nuclear reaction to heat fuel that’s fired out of the back of a rocket, like the air from a toy balloon. But with nuclear electric propulsion (NEP), the fission energy is instead used to ionize a gas. “The propellant e...
Dozens of F-35s Are Sitting Around Without Engines One of the most important principles behind nuclear weapons is the idea of maintaining positive control over them at all times, as much as possible, up until the moment of detonation. This is not only a safety feature, it allows decisi...
WASHINGTON —Just when you thought the arms race, if not the nuclear era, were relics of Cold War history, a breakdown last month of negotiations in Geneva for a comprehensive Test Ban Treaty serves as a discomfiting reminder that nuclear weapons are alive and well. This, even as the Inte...
Among the reasons usually given against nuclear fission energy are that it is: (a) unsustainable; (b) uneconomic; (c) unsafe and (d) has links to proliferation of nuclear weapons. Below each of these key concerns is addressed. Two important questions that need to be asked are: Is nuclear...
China pursues a nuclear strategy of self-defense. Of all the nuclear powers, it is the only one with a clear policy of no first use of nuclear weapons. It is also the only nuclear power to guarantee that it will never use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear country, meaning it refuses...
In return, “South Korea recommitted to its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, affirming publicly that it will refrain from pursuing nuclear weapons of its own despite the threat it faces from North Korea,” according to theWashington Post. ...
As Russia seeks to circumvent US economic sanctions, more Russian companies are keen to establish production facilities in India. Defense cooperation will remain an important pillar of the India-Russia strategic partnership guided by the IRIGC Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC), set up in 20...